How a 19th century astronomer can help you watch the total solar eclipse
Maria Mitchell’s observations remain relevant today
When astronomer Maria Mitchell trekked to Colorado to observe the 1878 total solar eclipse, this is what she might have seen. This chromolithograph of a drawing created by French artist Etienne Léopold Trouvelot captures his view of the event on July 29, 1878, in Creston, then part of the Wyoming territory.