The Atlantic Ocean is 1035 miles away, the Pacific Ocean is 1300 miles away, the nearest salt water is the Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles away.
Total Solar Eclipse of 1994 Nov 03 (La Lava, BOLIVIA) 1  An assortment of Fred Espenak's photographs of eclipses from 1990 through 1994 are featured on this page. The Moon's shadow took Espenak to such diverse places as Finland, Mexico, and Bolivia, Toledo (Ohio). In recent years, he has begun to experiment with image enhancement techniques through computer processing.
When & Where to See the Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017. As the saying goes, a picture is worth 1,000 words. Here's a picture: Everyone in the continental United States will have a solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. But only those within the roughly 70-mile-wide path of totality will have a shot at the most awesome celestial event one can experience: a total solar eclipse.