Solar Eclipses: Past and Present
The National Archives’ holdings contain a variety of interesting records related to previous solar eclipses. Check them out in our catalog.
Ikels of the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine projects a solar eclipse onto a board for safe viewing by base personnel.
Herbert Hoover watching the solar eclipse
1991 J. N. Ding. Darling Refuge annual narrative report (pg 9)
1979 Des Lacs Refuge annual narrative report (pg 35)
1979 Lacreek Refuge annual narrative report (pg 60)
Laguna Anacostia Refuge annual narrative report (pg 10)
African Americans and Science Benjamin Banneker article (pg 11)
NASA poster written in Arabic describing the sun, types of eclipses, and how to safely view eclipses
Composite picture of a total eclipse of the sun
Gemini XII Mission Image - Solar Eclipse
AS12-51-7587 - Apollo 12 - Apollo 12 Mission Image - Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse, Washington D.C.
Sun Earth Day 2006: Eclipses in a Different Light
AS11-42-6179 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission images - Solar Corona
Spaceport News, August 2017 and September 2017