The first ever photograph of a solar eclipse was taken by the Prussian photographer Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski in 1851.

Many people have at least partially heard about Mercury retrograde. It is often blamed for all one’s misfortunes, and one blames it for failures in one’s business and health problems.

Astrologers have long noticed the influence of the moon not only on earthly processes, but also on man. Not without reason, so many legends and beliefs are devoted to the earth’s satellite.