Wie selten sind totale Sonnenfinsternisse? Hier sind mehr als 3.040 totale Sonnenfinsternisse, die im 5000-jährigen Zeitraum zwischen 2000 v. Chr. und 3000 n. Chr. aufgetreten sind oder auftreten werden. [OC]

Data source: [Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses](https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/5MCSE.html)

Tools: ArcGIS Pro, After Effects

More info, including video with controls and other graphics: https://www.maps.com/counting-up-eclipses/

Yet people still obsess over eclipses having astrological significance.

I’m so glad this spring’s eclipse is already down the memory hole. I got so tired of people trying to connect world events to it. (Or should I say, “world events” as algorithmically selected, custom packaged, and spoon-fed to them by mass media.)