Why I watched the solar eclipse with my kids, a goose and 2,000 trees The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w6Yprs4xmX2TcLRcpmNqr3.jpg https://www.space.com/solar-eclipse-view-with-kids-goose-trees