Wahhhh I read this the other day on the news online. Hayzzzz....I was a kid whenIi last saw one. :( Can't even see it again. *sighsss* Lol and not even next year too. Anyway, watch out for it August 1, 2008 this friday. :)

I will take time to see it online I guess.

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A total solar eclipse will darken some of Earth's skies on Friday, but geography, weather, the economy and even the Olympics are combining to make it hard and expensive for people to see it.

The total blotting out of the sun, which occurs when the moon's dark inner shadow falls on parts of the Earth, can only be seen in mostly remote places: the northeastern edge of Canada, the tip of Greenland, parts of Russia, China and Mongolia, including the famed Gobi desert. For those who can't be there, it will be shown live on the Internet.

WATCH THE ECLIPSE: NASA's 2008 solar eclipse website


http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2008/TSE2008.html


Some of the areas where the eclipse will last the longest — including parts of the Arctic — have a 75% chance of bad weather that will make it tough to see. This eclipse at its peak will last for 2 minutes and 27 seconds.


Next year's total solar eclipse — July 22, 2009 — will be more southern and last the longest of the 21st Century: 6 minutes, 39 seconds. But it will be during monsoon season and can be seen, only if the weather cooperates, in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China and the Pacific Ocean.