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Getting to see even one total solar eclipse<\/a> is a rare occurrence. Photographer Stan Honda has three under his belt. His first experience took place in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, in 2015 \u2014 what he saw was a singular spectacle and chance for anyone wielding a camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt that latitude the sun, even at noon, was only about 11 degrees above the horizon, which is pretty low,\u201d Honda said. \u201cSo we didn\u2019t really have to look up into the sky \u2014 we just sort of looked straight at the horizon to see the eclipse taking place. When it went total, it was against this incredible foreground of ice and snow, and it was 2 degrees Fahrenheit there. We were all pretty bundled up, but it was a pretty remarkable scene. That has stayed with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The upcoming April 8 total eclipse<\/a> will likely be the one of the most photographed events of the year, with almost 32 million people<\/a> in the United States alone living in the path of totality \u2014 the corridor along which the moon will completely cover the sun \u2014 and another 150 million living within 200 miles of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Crossing from Mexico into Texas and then across a dozen US states before reaching Maine and ending over Canada, the path will range between 108 and 122 miles (174 and 196 kilometers) wide, offering up to 4\u00bd minutes of totality in the Southern states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n