Early on Saturday,May 31 (UT) the new Moon willonce again slide across the Sun's fiery disk, an once again a annular solar eclipse will be theresult -- since the Moon's apparen diameterwill be a little too small to completel cover the Sun.But this tim celestial geometryhas conspired to produce a broa D-shaped regionfor viewing theannular phase that extends into the far northern hemisphere,rather than creating a thin track racing across land and sea.The characteristic ring of fire will be visible fromnorthern Scotland, Iceland, and parts of Greenland.Otherwise a partial eclipse will be more widely visibleas across Europe, along with parts of Asia and North America,the Moon will appear to take a "bite" out of the Sun.While the northerly observers might certainly expect dramaticview, it will probably not look quit like this one, recorded with a foregroundof palm trees during a 1992 annular eclipse.Want to watch Saturday's eclipse on the web?Check out the planne webcastsfrom Astronet.
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