.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses have blown away individuals since opportunity out of mind. The first file of one, preserved on a clay tablet computer found at Ugarit, now in Syria, is believed from its own grow older and location to describe either an eclipse that occurred in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Famous explanations for eclipses include the Sun being consumed by pets, frogs or dragons. The truth is extra prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon moving between Sunshine as well as The planet in a way that throws a shadow on aspect of Earth's surface. Why are total ones, like the one intercrossing aspect of The United States and Canada on April 8th, therefore unusual?