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(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 crowds of Russians and foreign tourists.(AP Photo)