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.
Next Eclipse: Partial Lunar Eclipse â Mon, Aug 7, 2017 â¦ See animation. Total solar eclipses occur when the New Moon comes between the Sun and Earth and casts the darkest part of its shadow, the umbra, on Earth. The darkest part of the eclipse, the totality, is almost as dark as night. A total eclipse is spectacular to see.