AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
The moon passes in front of the sun, during a total solar eclipse as a cross of St. Bazil's Cathedral is seen at left, in Moscow on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. The rare total solar eclipse will be seen across much of eastern Europe during Friday although some areas are expected to be cloudy.
United Kingdom
AP Photo/Joel Ryan
An Astrologer watches the partial eclipse of the sun through a telescope in Hyde Park in central London, Friday Aug. 1, 2008. The moon covered about 20 per cent of the sun during Friday morning. People in Northern Canada, Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia and China were able to see a total eclipse of the sun.
Sweden
AP Photo/Bjorn Larsson Rosvall
Aina Melldahl, left, using a filter from 1954, is seen with her friend Karin Andersson as they watch the partial eclipse of the sun visible at Nasets bathing beach outside Gothenburg, Sweden Friday Aug. 1, 2008
Germany
AP Photo/Kieler Planetarium
The partial solar eclipse is seen, pictured through the telescope of the observatory of the University of Applied Science in Kiel, northern Germany, on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. The eclipse began in Arctic Canada, then passed through Greenland, western Siberia, Mongolia and China.
Belarus
AP Photo/Sergei Grits
The moon partially covers the sun over the Orthodox Church during a solar eclipse seen in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. People have been recording solar eclipses for perhaps 4,000 years, and they typically inspire a combination of dread, fascination and awe.
United Kingdom
AP Photo/Joel Ryan
Neza Pintaric, 9, and sister Ula, 11, right, from Slovenia watch the partial eclipse of the sun through solar glasses in Hyde Park, central London, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. The moon covered about 20 percent of the sun between 9:30 a.m. and 11:20 a.m.
Bulgaria
AP Photo/Petar Petrov
A playful owner puts protective glasses onto his dog during a total solar eclipse near the Bulgarian's Black sea town of Varna east of the capital Sofia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.
Russia
AP Photo/Ilnar Salakhiev
A man checks filters ahead of a rare solar eclipse in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. The peak of the eclipse occurred in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city. The event lasted two minutes, 23 seconds in its full beauty.
Afghanistan
AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool
The moon partially covers the sun the during a solar eclipse observed in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.
Russia
AP Photo/Ilnar Salakhiev
People check their sun glasses ahead of a solar eclipse in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk on Thursday, July 31, 2008.
Bulgaria
AP Photo/Petar Petrov
A child looks through protective glasses at the total eclipse of the sun as a projection of the sun is displayed on card, during a total solar eclipse seen near the Bulgarian's Black sea town of Varna east of the capital Sofia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.
China
Xinhua/Ding Haitao
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a part of the total solar eclipse is observed at 6:37 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 in the north of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The total solar eclipse, was the first in China in the new century.
Pakistan
AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary
A Pakistani scientist looks at an image of the solar eclipse seen in the observatory of the Punjab University in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.
China
AP Photo/Xinhua, Han Chuanhao
The total solar eclipse is observed on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, in Jinta County of Jiuquan City, northwest China's Gansu Province. The total solar eclipse, the first to be viewed in China in the new century, occured on Friday.
Finland
AP Photo/Martti Kainulainen
Maria Shciskina wearing solar glasses, watches the partial eclipse of the sun visible in Kaivopuisto Park, Helsinki, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. According to NASA, the next total eclipse will occur July 22, 2009, starting in India and moving across Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China and over the Pacific Ocean
Russia
AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky
A woman looks at the moon partly covering the sun, during a partial solar eclipse, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.
China
AP Photo
A total solar eclipse is seen in Jiuquan, in China's western Gansu province Friday Aug 1, 2008. Millions of Chinese along the ancient Silk Road gathered Friday to gaze at a total solar eclipse, an event traditionally fraught with superstitious meaning coming one week before the start of the Beijing Olympics.
India
AP Photo/Anupam Nath
Children take a look at a partial solar eclipse through special solar glasses at a planetarium in Gauhati, India, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.
China
AP Photo
A bird flies in the sky as a solar eclipse is seen in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. Millions of Chinese along the ancient Silk Road gathered Friday to gaze at a total solar eclipse, an event traditionally fraught with superstitious meaning coming one week before the start of the Beijing Olympics.
Russia
AP Photo/Oleg Romanov
The total solar eclipse is observed above the mountainous Siberian Altai region, 1,850 miles east of Moscow, on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.