Prelude to Totality: A Final Look at the Total Solar Eclipse

By David Dickinson August 17, 2017
Prelude to Totality: A Final Look at the Total Solar Eclipse

  • Read more about the August 21st total solar eclipse and the true tale of Edison's chickens and the 1878 eclipse in our free e-book: 101 Astronomical Events for 2017.

  • The oldest video featuring totality? Read the mystery of the August 21st, 1914 over war torn Europe and this amazing video over Sweden.

  • Eclipse... sci-fi? Read our original eclipse-fueled tales Exeligmos, Shadowfall, Peak Season and more.

  • Read our CNN Op-Ed, Why We Chase Eclipses.

    • David Dickinson

    David Dickinson

    David Dickinson is a freelance science writer and long-time sky watcher. He has built telescopes and observatories, chased eclipses, and travels and observes with his wife, Myscha, on a mission to get ‘eyes on the sky’ worldwide. His books The Universe Today Ultimate Guide to Observing the Cosmos, The Astronomer’s Deep-Sky Field Guide and science fiction short stories are available here.