... A Fleeting Eclipse . ... Visible to anyone on the night side of planet Earth (weather permitting), totality often lasts an hour or so as the moon glides through the Earth's shadow. But a solar eclipse is more fleeting. ... For the April 29, 1995 annular solar eclipse, photographer Olivier Staiger was standing in Macara, Ecuador under partially cloudy skies. ... The next solar eclipse will occur on September 2 and be visible from Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. ... September . ...