.COMPLETE SOLAR eclipses have dazzled people given that time out of thoughts. The first document of one, protected on a clay-based tablet computer located at Ugarit, now in Syria, is felt coming from its age and also place to describe either an eclipse that took place in 1375BC or even one in 1223BC. Legendary descriptions for eclipses include the Sun being actually eaten by dogs, toads or monsters. The fact is more prosaic. Eclipses are actually brought on by the Moon moving in between Sunlight and also The planet in a manner that projects a shade on part of The planet's surface. Why are complete ones, like the one crossing aspect of North America on April 8th, so unusual?