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There are generally two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses each year. Because solar eclipses cover a very narrow stripe across the Earth, solar eclipses SEEM TO BE rare - in one particular location. There can be several CENTURIES between total solar eclipses in the same spot.

On the other hand, it can be just a few years. There's a town in Illinois that will have two total solar eclipses only 8 years apart, in 2017 and 2024.

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