Total solar eclipse: Here's when you can see one in Australia

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Eclipse chasers have described the total solar eclipse in the US as a primal, somewhat religious experience.

The good news is the eclipse was not a once-in-a-lifetime event. Here's how to be in the right place at the right time to experience one for yourself.

See a total solar eclipse in Australia

There will be eight total solar eclipses in Australia over the next 100 years.

in Australia over the next 100 years. The next one occurs in 2028, and its path of totality will pass right over Sydney .

. A small patch of South Australia will see three total solar eclipses in the next 100 years .

. And Queensland's Gold Coast will see two in the same period.

will see two in the same period. Exmouth and the North West Cape in Western Australia will also experience a solar eclipse in April 2023, however it is classified as a 'hybrid' solar eclipse and so is not included on this map of total solar eclipses.

Go chase a total solar eclipse overseas

If you don't want to wait until 2028 to see an eclipse Down Under, then you should book a ticket to South America, Europe or northern Africa.

These are the next five total solar eclipses happening over populated parts of the world, and where the path of totality will pass:

July 2, 2019: Chile and Argentina

December 14, 2020: Chile and Argentina

April 8, 2024: Mexico, US, Canada

August 12, 2026: Greenland, Iceland, Spain

August 2, 2027: North Africa and Middle East

Did you know? Indigenous Australians have been watching solar eclipses for millennia . Historians report: "The Warlpiri people explain a solar eclipse as being the Sun-woman being hidden by the Moon-man as he makes love to her."

. Historians report: "The Warlpiri people explain a solar eclipse as being the Sun-woman being hidden by the Moon-man as he makes love to her." Some people say you're not really a true eclipse chaser — or umbraphile — until you've experienced one hour of time in the Moon's shadow, or roughly 20 total solar eclipses. According to the Eclipse Chaser website, at least nine people make the cut.

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