AdvertisementWhy Future Earthlings Won't See Total Solar Eclipses02:33Download AudioResumeAugust 14, 2017Nell GreenfieldboycefacebookEmailOn Nov. 13, 2012, a narrow corridor in the southern hemisphere experienced a total solar eclipse. The corridor lay mostly over the ocean but also cut across the northern tip of Australia where both professional and amateur astronomers gathered to watch. (Romeo Durscher/NASA Goddard Space Center/Flickr)