https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/the-evolution-of-a-scientific-american-graphic-solar-eclipses/ >Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from freelance data designer Jan Willem Tulp.  >On August 21, 2017, a total eclipse of the sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses the United States. Scientific American graphics editor Jen Christiansen asked me to create a set of visualizations to commemorate this event: for the August 2017 print magazine as two 2-page spreads and on their Web site as an interactive graphic. The main goal was to give users and readers a better understanding of this upcoming eclipse by placing it in geographic and temporal context.