Plan to wash lots of clothes if you travel the world. (Photo: George Doyle/Stockbyte/Getty Images ) Phileas Fogg took 80 days to travel the world to win a bet. Nellie Bly beat that record by eight days to prove the resourcefulness of solo female travelers. Neither the fictional Fogg nor the ...
It is a popular misconception that the phenomenon of a total eclipse of the sun is a rare occurrence. Quite the contrary. Approximately once every 18 months (on average) a total solar eclipse is visible from some place on the Earthâs surface. That's two totalities for every three years.
There are generally, on average, two solar eclipses per year. fewer. In 2011, there will be 4 partial solar eclipses (and two total lunar ones. Sometimes there are more; the maximum possible would be five. two per year. Of these solar eclipses, about 25% are total and 25% are annular, with the remainder being partial.