Toronto was brimming with anticipation. The city was about to find itself in the path of a solar eclipse. On a winter morning in 1925, it would be in the full shadow of the totality — a rare celestial moment only made possible by one of the most incredible coincidences in the solar system: that our moon is exactly right size and exactly the right distance away to block out the sun while leaving a spectacular view of the corona.
The Man Who Risked His Life for the Eclipse
The Man Who Risked His Life for the Eclipse
The Man Who Risked His Life for the Eclipse
Toronto was brimming with anticipation. The city was about to find itself in the path of a solar eclipse. On a winter morning in 1925, it would be in the full shadow of the totality — a rare celestial moment only made possible by one of the most incredible coincidences in the solar system: that our moon is exactly right size and exactly the right distance away to block out the sun while leaving a spectacular view of the corona.