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Solar Eclipses

Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Learn about viewing a solar eclipse with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Build a solar eclipse sonification tool to experience a solar eclipse with sound. Then join the Smithsonian on a cosmic journey from the the eclipse of the sun to our solar system to the far reaches of the universe with events and virtual resources throughout the year.


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7 Facts About Solar Eclipses

Demonstration of How to Safely Watch Eclipse

Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse, perhaps a page from the “Kangra/Modi” Bhagavata Purana

Sun Eclipse

Eclipse

The Eclipse

Eclipse

Eclipse

Eclipse IV

Harvard Observatory Team, Photographing Eclipse

Woman before an Eclipse with her Hair Disheveled by the Wind

5 Fun Ways to View an Eclipse

Eclipse in Blue

Sumatra Eclipse Expedition

Noon Eclipse

Folio from a copy of Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mawjudat (The Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence) by Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (d.1283); recto: Symbol of the Sun; verso: Diagram of the Eclipses of the Sun

Your Eclipse: How Can You Be Ready for the Big Day?

Portrait of Tycho Brahe from Tychonis Brahe Dani Epistolarvm astronomicarvm libri.

Eclipse glasses given to fans and players at the Slaem-Keizer Volcanoes baseball game played during the 2017 solar eclipse

Darkness at Noon

Carte Helio-Seleno-Graphique d’Europe

How to Make Your Own Eclipse

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The Eclipse

How to Create Eclipse Art

Camera to be Used in Solar Eclipse Expedition

Solar Eclipse Special: Live From the Path of Totality - STEM in 30

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Total Eclipse of the Sun

Totality approaches, solar eclipse observed from "U.S.S. Los Angeles."

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