Why people get so excited about a total solar eclipse

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How solar and lunar eclipses work. • Become a Vox Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab • Note: This is an update of a video we published in 2015. • In this video we explain the differences between a solar and lunar eclipse and why some believe that a total eclipse of the sun is the greatest natural phenomenon of them all. • Total solar eclipses are a big deal not because of how infrequent they are — there’s a total solar eclipse every 18 months on average — but because of how little of the Earth’s surface falls in the path of any given eclipse shadow. • The next total solar eclipse to visit the US will be in 2024. If an eclipse happens to come to your town, you’re lucky. Any given location will see a total solar eclipse only once in more than 300 years, on average. The vast majority of us will have to travel to an eclipse path if we want to see a total eclipse in our lifetimes. • Thankfully NASA has mapped every eclipse that will occur for the next 1,000 years: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/... • Watch: Eclipse chasers tell us what it's like to witness a total solar eclipse. • Tales from the shadow of the moon • The next solar eclipse over the United States will be in 2024. • After that? 2045. Then 2052, 2078, and, if you’re truly blessed with longevity, a great one over Maine in 2079. • Sources: • Getty Images • https://www.amazon.com/Totality-Great... • NASA: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/sea... • Eclipse catalog: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/... • Dmitry Chulkov: • Total solar eclipse 2012 • Bernt Rostad: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brostad... • mtsrs: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtsrs/3... • CNES/CNRS/NASA: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11133 • Marc Aragnou: https://vimeo.com/108544802 • Jesse Olson: https://vimeo.com/57820123 • redwing115: • Annular solar eclipse @ Tokyo May 21 ... • Xavier Jubier: • Total Solar Eclipse 2015 race of the ... • vfr800hu: • [14/11/2012] Diamond ring of the tota... • mikewattsuk/bbc: • UK's Last Total Solar Eclipse on 11th... • Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com • Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE • Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H • Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o

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