A partial solar eclipse is seen through a special filter in Karachi, Pakistan March 29, 2006. The track of the eclipse stretches from eastern Brazil, across the Atlantic to north Africa, then on to the Middle East, Central Asia, west China and Mongolia. [Reuters]

Sky is darkened during solar eclipse watched by thousands of people at the ancient Roman temple of Apollon ruins on the coast of Side in Turkey's Mediterranean coasts March 29, 2006. The track of the eclipse stretched from eastern Brazil , across the Atlantic to north Africa, then on to the Middle East, Central Asia, west China and Mongolia. [Reuters]