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Solar Eclipses 2008Two solar eclipses are predicted for 2008.First, there's an annular eclipse on February 7th, which will be best seen from Antarctica (if you're passing), but not visible at all in the Northern hemisphere. The second is a total solar eclipse on August 16th, visible as partial here, but total on a track starting in arctic Canada and ending up in China. February 7th, Annular, Southern 
August 1st, Total, Northern 
Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC Eclipse maps courtesy of Fred Espenak - NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center For more information on solar and lunar eclipses, see Fred Espenak's Eclipse Home Page: http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html |