.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses have impressed people due to the fact that opportunity out of thoughts. The very first report of one, maintained on a clay-based tablet computer found at Ugarit, right now in Syria, is actually strongly believed coming from its own grow older as well as site to define either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or one in 1223BC. Famous descriptions for eclipses feature the Sunshine being eaten by pet dogs, frogs or even dragons. The truth is much more prosaic. Eclipses are actually caused by the Moon moving between Sun and Planet in a way that casts a shadow on part of Earth's surface. Why are total ones, like the one intercrossing portion of North America on April 8th, therefore unusual?