eclipse
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The Romans saw meteor showers and eclipses as divine auguries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Pamela Paul got hooked on total solar eclipses in 2017 and has been chasing them ever since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The corona is the Sun's extremely hot outer atmosphere, and during most eclipses it appears white or silvery.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
If you can't travel to see next year's spectacle or don't want to keep your solar glasses for future partial eclipses in the UK, then you might consider donating them to others.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The man hangs his long arms from the top bar of the truck canopy; he eclipses the ruined village, the fields, the rising sun.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
