Totality: The Great American Eclipses is a comprehensive guide to the most stunning of celestial sights - total eclipses of the Sun. It focuses on the eclipses of August 21, 2017 and April 8, 2024 that pass across the United States, with stories from ancient and modern times about the experience of totality.
This book provides information, photographs, and illustrations to help the public understand and safely enjoy all aspects of these eclipses. Chapters include topics such as how to observe a total eclipse of the Sun, how to photograph and video record an eclipse, why solar eclipses happen, and much more.
Included are exceptionally detailed maps of the paths of the total eclipses of 2017 and 2024, with maps of all eclipses from 2017 to 2045, as well as many diagrams, photos, and illustrations showing how to observe a total eclipse of the Sun.
Author: Mark Littmann and Fred Espenak
Size: 9.2" x 6.1"
Pages: 288