With the Great American Total Solar Eclipse a month away (Monday, August 21st) here's a look back at a Total Solar Eclipse that occurred March 9, 2016 across the Pacific ocean. This animation was created using images from Japan's Himawari-8 satellite. You can actually see the moon's shadow crossing the Pacific ocean! Check back around 8pm tonight for an awesome animation showing who sees what and when across the state of SC! | Ed Piotrowski WPDE

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