Total suneclipse in Germany on Aug 11th

On August 11th 1999 between 12 a.m. and 1 p.m. 
there will be in southern parts of Germany a 
total eclipse of the sun.

We are all looking forward to
this day, when the moon gets 
inbetween the sun and the 
earth and it will be all dark
right in the middle of day.
Only for about two minutes but
the next time this will happen
is in they year 2181 :-)
It will be all dark because the 
shadow of the moon falls to
earth.

Kids are instructed to wear 
special glasses (as you can 
see on this photo). If you
would look into the sun without 
wearing these special glasses,
the risk would be too high to 
become blind forever.

We all hope that we will be able to watch the 
sun eclipse and that there will be no clouds :-)
Keep the fingers crossed !