While the world looked up…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. A solar eclipse is a common-place rarity – a frequent event that you may never actually fully see. Amazingly, an eclipse occurs every 18 months that can be viewed from somewhere on earth, meaning that there are somewhere between two and five eclipses every year! What makes an eclipse a rare event is the fact that no single location on Earth will see every single eclipse, so despite their frequency, you aren't really ever guaranteed a chance to see one, simply because Earth is so big! In fact, a single location may see an eclipse today, and will not likely see another one for a whopping 375 years! This means that, despite the frequency with which t