As the moon passes in front of the sun, scientists will be doing some serious work. (sciencenews.org)
It helped that I had a cat sitter who could hopefully let me know if something major went down, but I wouldn't want be whipping out my phone every few hours to see a cloud moving in front of the sun during a weekend away. (digitaltrends.com)
Mercury passed in front of the sun on June 3, 2014, as viewed from Mars. (mars.jpl.nasa.gov)