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.
The last total solar eclipse visible from the continental U.S.A. occured on Feb. 26, 1979. A total solar eclipse was visible from Hawaii and Mexico on July 11, 1991. The next two total solar eclipses visible from the U.S.A. occur on Aug. 21, 2017 and Apr. 8, 2024. 2006 Total Solar Eclipse This Baily's Beads sequence shows both 2nd and 3rd Contact.