Total solar eclipse st August from Madras Oregon USA The Suns inner corona atmosphere is visible around the disc of the Moon Solar eclipses occur when the Moon passes across the Sun as seen from Earth This eclipse tracked across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach Oregon in the north west to Charleston South Carolina in the south east A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent Solar eclipses usually occur less than once a year and can only be seen from a small area of the Earths surfaceNasaAubrey GemignaniScience Photo Library
