Go See It, Eclipse Chasers Urge. ‘Your First Time Is Always Special’

Retired astrophysicist Fred Espenak (right) and his wife Patricia photographed a total solar eclipse from Jinta, China on Aug. 1, 2008. He

A small number of passionate “shadow-lovers” roam the world to be at exactly the right place when the moon blots out the sun. One man has seen 33 — and calls each “one of the top events of my life.”

(Image credit: Courtesy of Fred Espenak)