Click the thumbnail to see Earth 750 million years ago, back when Earth was completely frozen over by ice. Watch as the a blue moon passes through the sky during a magnificent sunrise over an ice covered wasteland, as it passes over the sun causing a total solar eclipse.
Music: "The Sage" by Igor Stravinsky. Inspired by Walt Disney's "Fantasia." Notes: There are a few timing issues with the visuals and the tempo was slowed. This is most likely not how total solar eclipses looked back then. Blue moons are additional full moons, and the blue tint is due to volcanic dust scattering light. Solar eclipses only occasionally happen on new moons, not full moons. The blue tint of the moon is for special effects. For The 2024 Eclipse