The eclipse is in less than a week away. People are scrambling to make – or change – plans | CNN

Eclipse mania is approaching fever pitch as people with the best laid plans — and those who have yet to make them, too — strategize about getting into the path of totality for a clear view of the celestial event on April 8

           

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1ºA solar eclipse is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs when the Moon is located between the Earth and the Sun and the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth, obscuring the Sun and causing part or all of the Sun to be blocked. Solar eclipses usually occur at new moons, but not every new moon triggers a solar eclipse because of the angle of inclination of the Moon's orbit to the Earth's orbit. There are three types of solar eclipses: partial, annular and total. Partial solar eclipses are when the Sun is partially obscured and the Sun is observed on Earth to appear as an incomplete circle. An annular solar eclipse is one in which the Sun is partially blocked, but the distance and angle between the Moon and the Earth cause the Sun to appear as an annular halo. A total eclipse is one in which the Sun is completely blocked, and the Sun disappears from the sky so that only the outline of the Moon is visible. Solar eclipses are rare and mysterious natural phenomena that attract many scientists and observers to different locations. People often observe solar eclipses with special eclipse glasses or binoculars to avoid damaging their eyes. Solar eclipses are also given different symbolic meanings and myths in different cultures.