"Awe-struck millions will watch total solar eclipse of Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Posted: March 2006
Squint . . . and maybe you can see this as a black ball (moon) moving in front of an orange ball (sun). In the course of its monthly orbit, the moon passes between the Earth and sun once a month. Usually the moon passes above or below the sun, as seen from our earthly vantage point, so no eclipse takes place. But on Wednesday, March 29, 2006, the moon's aim will be dead on. It will pass directly in front of the sun, and people in Earth's eastern hemisphere will see a partial or total solar eclipse. (NASA)
Ah, to be a globetrotter.
If you could move freely on the globe, you could enjoy the awesome spectacle of a total eclipse of the sun pretty often. The next one is scheduled to darken the daytime skies on Wednesday, March 29, 2006.
This week, you might be in Africa or Turkey. You might be cruising on the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas right now, waiting for Wednesday's eclipse. Your big concern would be the weather."
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