World over the moon over solar eclipse

(L)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. (AP Photo) (R) Partial solar eclipse is seen next to the Independence monument in Almaty, Kazakhstan August 1, 2008.(Reuters Photo)

(L)A boy smiles as he views a partial solar eclipse in the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri August 1, 2008. (Reuters Photo) (R) People watch a partial solar eclipse in Riyadh August 1, 2008(Reuter Photo)

(L)A woman watches a solar eclipse through special filters in Damascus August 1, 2008. (Reuters Photo) (R) (AP Photo) A bride watches the total solar eclipse through smoky glass in the western Siberian city of Tyumen on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, with Troitsky (Trinity) Orthodox Monastery in the background. An enormous swathe of western Siberian was submerged in darkness Friday afternoon as the moon completely blocked out the sun, enrapturing huge cro...