Michael A. Stecker
Just thought I'd share this image of the total solar eclipse that could be seen from both American continents on July 11, 1991. I myself didn't personally view the eclipse [since my family didn't yet have a telescope (with a solar filter on it, obviously)], but I was so stoked to watch live coverage of it on television that day, as well as see a giant photo of the eclipse make the front page of the Los Angeles Times newspaper on July 12 three decades ago. (I lived in L.A. County back then, and I still live there today.) This eclipse, according to Wikipedia, was the most central total eclipse in 8 centuries—and there will not be a more central eclipse for another 800 years! I was 11 years-old at this time, with my passion for astronomy and space exploration being at an all-time high that year...until NASA's New Horizons mission enhanced my obsession tenfold (but not really in a positive way) in 2005, that is.
Happy Sunday!
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