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The bright blue line across the middle of this globe is the path along which a total solar eclipse could be viewed on March 29, 2006.
Image courtesy NASA's GSFC (Fred Espenak).

There will be a total eclipse of the Sun on March 29, 2006. This picture shows where on Earth people could see the eclipse from. The bright blue line is the path of the total eclipse.
Image courtesy NASA's GSFC (Fred Espenak).

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The bright blue line across the middle of this globe is the path along which a total solar eclipse could be viewed on March 29, 2006. Image courtesy NASA's GSFC (Fred Espenak).

There will be a total eclipse of the Sun on March 29, 2006. This picture shows where on Earth people could see the eclipse from. The bright blue line is the path of the total eclipse. Image courtesy NASA's GSFC (Fred Espenak).

There will be a total eclipse of the Sun on March 29, 2006. This picture shows where on Earth people could see the eclipse from. The bright blue line is the path of the total eclipse. Image courtesy NASA's GSFC (Fred Espenak).

The bright blue line across the middle of this globe is the path along which a total solar eclipse could be viewed on March 29, 2006.
Image courtesy NASA's GSFC (Fred Espenak).

There will be a total eclipse of the Sun on March 29, 2006. This picture shows where on Earth people could see the eclipse from. The bright blue line is the path of the total eclipse.
Image courtesy NASA's GSFC (Fred Espenak).

There will be a total eclipse of the Sun on March 29, 2006. This picture shows where on Earth people could see the eclipse from. The bright blue line is the path of the total eclipse.
Image courtesy NASA's GSFC (Fred Espenak).