As an artist, this moment in history is so fascinating. I am amazed at the creative things produced from such an event as this, total solar eclipse. Photography lenses can only take so much from the sun as well. In capturing the eclipse photographers have to be careful in how they approach viewing the sun as using an unfiltered camera lens for the sun can be quite damaging to the retinas. The total solar eclipse happens approx. every 38 years in the northwest, aka North America and the US. To miss out on this opportunity to view it would be devasting as the amount of time in between is so drastic. Of course you can watch annual eclipses in between the next total solar eclipse, but some are hard to view as they fall over oceans and may not be visible from where we are standing. I am excited to see different creative approaches to this exciting day. Happy eclipse chasing!!!