CONTENTS



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER ONE: HOW ECLIPSES WORK

CHAPTER TWO: CHILDHOOD IMPRESSIONS OF
A DARKENED SUN

CHAPTER THREE: OF CYCLES AND FRIENDS

CHAPTER FOUR: SUN, MOON, AND SURPRISE

CHAPTER FIVE: THE POWER OF GRAVITY

CHAPTER SIX: THE ECLIPSE EXPERIENCE

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE VOYAGE BEGINS

CHAPTER EIGHT: SAILING CLOSER

CHAPTER NINE: HORSETAIL CIRRUS!

CHAPTER TEN: A VOYAGE TO DARKNESS

CHAPTER ELEVEN: ALONE ON TWO WIDE, WIDE SEAS

CHAPTER TWELVE: ECLIPSE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: A DIAMOND IN THE DARK

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: HERE COMES THE SUN!

APPENDIX A: HOW TO VIEW AN ECLIPSE SAFELY

APPENDIX B: FUTURE SOLAR ECLIPSES

APPENDIX C: FUTURE LUNAR ECLIPSES

APPENDIX D: A CANON OF ECLIPSES I HAVE SEEN

APPENDIX E: ECLIPSE SONG

INDEX