Heads up for the next total solar eclipse, which will occur on March 9th, 2016. | Hashem Al-Ghaili

Stunning view of yesterday's total solar eclipse! Check out this video from yesterday's total solar eclipse, when the moon pass directly in front of the sun. It happened from 8:38 to 8:42 p.m. EST March 8. As the moon passed precisely between the sun and Earth – a relatively rare occurrence that happens only about once a year because of the fact that the moon and the sun do not orbit in the exact same plane – it blocked the sun’s bright face, revealing the tenuous and comparatively faint solar a