Solar Eclipse,August 1 2008

The eclipse will start around 8:30 a.m.(GMT) tomorrow in the eastern part of the arc, leading to totality in just under an hour. The eclipse will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern Canada, middle of Russia, western Mongolia and China.  A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially obscured. Total solar eclipses are rare events. Although they occur somewhere on Earth every 18 months on average. The last full solar eclipse took place almost a year ago on March 29, 2007. Next Total Solar Eclipse will occur on 22nd July, 2009.