From the dramatic and violent eclipse in Apocalypto to ‘Don Draper’s nonchalantly staring at the sun in Mad Men, we’re rounding up our favorite cinematic solar eclipses.
Solar eclipses are, in addition to occasions of human fascination with the cosmos, deeply cinematic. So it’s no wonder they’ve been repeatedly used as inciting moments or climactic happenings in a variety of films – but it is a little bit funny how often movie-world eclipses happen either as a conduit for supernatural ritual (as in horror movies like Bloody Birthday and Darkness) or as a dramatic turning point in a final, fantastical battle/mystical unlocking (as in Avatar: The Way of Water, Dragonslayer, and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider).
Cumulus clouds disappear during a solar eclipse, here's why. Something to watch on April 8, 2024, when a total solar eclipse will be visible from North America.
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