"Mexico's Total Solar Eclipse Draws Crowds and 'Eclipse-Chasers'"

A rare total solar eclipse plunged the Pacific coast of Mexico into darkness, with the "path of totality" streaking across Mexico and the United States before returning to the ocean over Canada's Atlantic coast. The next total solar eclipse visible from a large part of North America won't occur until 2044, and various events and viewing parties are planned along the eclipse's path. The eclipse also presents an opportunity to study the Sun's corona, the outer layer of its atmosphere normally hidden by the Sun's surface.