{"id":2099,"date":"2025-08-22T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macdolphins.org\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:31:10","slug":"eclipse-atlas-is-a-searchable-archive-capturing-the-alluring-phenomenon-through-the-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.macdolphins.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/eclipse-atlas-is-a-searchable-archive-capturing-the-alluring-phenomenon-through-the-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"Eclipse Atlas Is a Searchable Archive Capturing the Alluring Phenomenon Through the Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Eclipse<\/p>\n

Anyone who’s donned protective glasses and spent hours camped outside with eyes toward the sky knows the strange, life-changing experience of witnessing a solar eclipse. The lunar equivalents are intriguing, too, and have fascinated people around the world for millennia.<\/p>\n

A new archive collects maps, illustrations, and newspaper clippings documenting this alluring phenomenon from 1654 to the present day. Eclipse Atlas<\/a> is a veritable trove, particularly the section cataloging ephemera from across the globe. There are 17th-century diagrams depicting the phases of totality, early photographs chronicling the events, and vivid advertisements prodding people to hop on the train so they don’t miss “the thrill of a lifetime!”<\/p>\n

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Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, “The Darkened Globe, i.e., Geographical Representation of the Solar or Terrestrial Eclipse, July 25, 1748.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to historical documents, Eclipse Atlas also shares footage from recent events and offers insight into how to best view those coming in the next few years. <\/p>\n

See some of our favorite finds below, and explore for yourself on the project website<\/a>. (via Kottke<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Eadweard Muybridge (January 11, 1880)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Asa Smith, Diagram of the Eclipse of the Sun, July 18, 1860<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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London Midland and Scottish Railway, “The Thrill of a Lifetime!” Courtesy of Sheridan Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Johann Georg Heck, ‘Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature, and Art’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Symon Panser, “Astronomical Sky Mirror in which one can see the most remarkable celestial phenomena of the sun, moon, and stars, as they will appear in their true form in Amsterdam and surrounding cities until the year 1740. The display of a large eclipse of the sun in the year 1748 is particularly pleasing.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Emanuel Bowen, “A Plain Description, of the Increase and Decrease of the Great Eclipse of the Sun, that Will Happen on the 11th. Day of May 1724.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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