Solar eclipses through the ages

The moon had left millions awe-struck through the ages casting its shadow on the planet earth.

Update: 2017-08-21 04:52 GMT

This celestial event is a solar eclipse in which the moon passes between the sun and Earth and blocks all or part of the sun for up to about three hours, from beginning to end, as viewed from a given location. (Image: Pixabay)

The shadow of the moon can be seen darkening part of Earth, taken from the Mir space station in 1999. (Photo: NASA)

Goldendale, Wash., Feb. 26, 1979 (Photo: AP)

Steve Spalding of Chattanooga, Tenn., squints through the viewfinder of a movie camera to record the solar eclipse in Valdosta, Ga., March 7, 1970. (Photo: AP)

US President Herbert Hoover looks at the solar eclipse from his office, Aug. 31, 1932. (Photo: AP)

Eclipse watchers squint through protective film as they view a partial eclipse of the sun from the top deck of New York's Empire State Building on Aug. 31, 1932. (Photo: AP)

The moon had left millions awe-struck through the ages casting its shadow on the planet earth.

Solar eclipses through the ages

The moon had left millions awe-struck through the ages casting its shadow on the planet earth.

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