The Great American Total Solar Eclipse Is Coming 2 Years from Today

This total solar eclipse of 2017 will be the first time in nearly four decades that such an event will be visible so close to home. Contrary to popular belief, totalsolar eclipses are not particularly rare. In recent years, for instance, assiduous eclipse chasers had to travel to remote locations such as Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada (2008), Easter Island (2010) or the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard (2015).