Solar Eclipse August 1 2008

The first solar eclipse in over two years will appear to some of us on August 1, 2008. According to Yahoo News:

"A total solar eclipse — the first in nearly two and a half years — will be visible along a narrow track that will start over the Northwest Passage of Canada, gives a glancing blow to northern Greenland, then shifts southeast through Siberia and western Mongolia and before ending near the famed Silk Route of China.
The path of totality for this upcoming eclipse is never more than 157 miles (252 km) wide."

It looks like I will miss this one here in the midwest but that's ok. Maybe we'll catch it next time around. For now, I'll just watch the corn grow.