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Solar eclipses happen twice a year or so. The problem is that the geometry is a little touchy; if it isn't just so, you won't get a total eclipse, but only a partial eclipse.

And the area of the Earth affected by the solar eclipse is very small; a path about 100 miles wide and a few thousand miles long. Since 75% of the Earth's surface is water, a lot of eclipses aren't visible on land at all.

NASA's Eclipse web page will let you see when each eclipse will occur, and where.

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