Since the dawn of humanity, solar eclipses have sparked awe and wonder — and sometimes fear.
“Imagine you’re a farmer—you’re out there, and all of a sudden sky goes dark,” says Bradley Schaefer, an astronomer at Louisiana State University who has studied the history of solar and lunar eclipses. “It can only be a message from the gods.”
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