On Monday, Americans across the country witnessed the first total solar eclipse in a generation.
Apocalypto
Ancient cultures revered the sun.
Sun gods often led their divine pantheons, and religious ritual depended on the sun.
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On the other hand, an eclipse leaves them totally powerless.
It doesnt work out.
Dolores Claiborne
It sometimes feels like anything can happen during an eclipse.
Little Shop of Horrors
Most plants need the sun to survive.
This plant, of course, feeds on human blood rather than sunlight.
Only under the shadow of a black sun would such an anti-plant seem normal.
