Solar Eclipse at Russian-China on August 1

A total solar eclipse will occur on August 1, 2008 as the new moon passes directly between the sun and the earth making its shadow. The shadow of moon will fall on parts of Canada, Greenland, the Arctic Ocean, Russia, Mongolia, and China. Most of these are partial but this one is a Total Solar Eclipse!

Path of Solar Eclipse. from Canada to China.
Watch Solar Eclispe Online at
The longest duration of the solar eclipse’s totality will occur in Russia and last for about two minutes and 27 seconds on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 8:50:00 AM IST.
You can watch the solar eclipse online on august 2008 at the website of the Exploratorium’s eclipse expedition team. The live images will be from the remote Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China near the Mongolian border. NASA says "this region is noteworthy as it offers some of the most promising weather prospects along the entire eclipse path"

Check this Nasa.pdf if you want to photograph this event.

The next total solar eclipses will occur in

• Northern America in 2017
• Europe – in 2026
• Russia – in 2030

Other events to watch out for in August include

• Aug 8-24 :Beijing Olympics.
• Aug 15 :Independence Day of India
• Aug 19 :Janmashtami