The local residents are indeed fortunate to witness a total eclipse twice within the span of 18 months.

But this is the least interesting and [least] dramatic part of the eclipse. The more important and photogenic partial and total phases will be visible from all of North America with the exception of Alaska.

This was a fast opening rate within a span of about two months, from Sep 14 to early November, an exciting event in scientific terms.

I had a great view, out in my backyard with a couple of telescopes.

Unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are completely safe to watch,

Quite coincidentally, the first tract of Angolan land to experience totality was also within the path of the total solar eclipse of 2001, June 21.