A sea lion wears a solar viewer during an annular solar eclipse at an aquarium in Tokyo, May 21, 2012. (Yomiuri Shimbun/Reuters)
A partial solar eclipse as seen during sunrise in the coastal town of Gumaca, Quezon province, southeast of Manila, May 21, 2012. Thousands turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific to gaze excitedly as an eclipse occluded the sun at dawn in Asia and at dusk in the western United States. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun, but is too far from the Earth to block it out completely, leaving a "ring of fire" visible. (Ted Aljibeted Aljibe/AFP)
Maikos, or apprentice geishas, observe an annular solar eclipse with solar viewers at a shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, May 21, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the Earth in a rare astronomical event - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. (Yomiuri Shimbun/Reuters)
An eclipse is seen at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, May 21, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, which briefly turned the sun into a blazing ring of fire. (Aly Song/Reuters)
Aaron Peck, 4, watches the annular eclipse in Kanarraville, Utah May 20 2012. (Robyn Beck/AFP)
Junior high school students observe the annular solar eclipse through special glasses at the school playground in Kawakaki, surburban Tokyo, May 21, 2012. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP)
A partial solar eclipse descends in the sky behind crosses in an Ixonia, Wis. in a farm field, May 20, 2012. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal)
A partial solar eclipse descends in the sky behind crosses in an Ixonia, Wis. in a farm field, May 20, 2012. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal)
An annular eclipse appears, May 20, 2012, north of Odessa, Texas. (Albert Cesare/Odessa American)
An annular eclipse appears, May 20, 2012, north of Odessa, Texas. (Albert Cesare/Odessa American)
A solar eclipse rises over the horizon in Xiamen in southeastern China's Fujian province, May 21, 2012. Millions of Asians watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to wide areas across the continent. (Associated Press)
A sea lion wears a solar viewer during an annular solar eclipse at an aquarium in Tokyo, May 21, 2012. (Yomiuri Shimbun/Reuters)
A partial solar eclipse as seen during sunrise in the coastal town of Gumaca, Quezon province, southeast of Manila, May 21, 2012. Thousands turned their eyes to the sky on both sides of the Pacific to gaze excitedly as an eclipse occluded the sun at dawn in Asia and at dusk in the western United States. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun, but is too far from the Earth to block it out completely, leaving a "ring of fire" visible. (Ted Aljibeted Aljibe/AFP)
Maikos, or apprentice geishas, observe an annular solar eclipse with solar viewers at a shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, May 21, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the Earth in a rare astronomical event - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. (Yomiuri Shimbun/Reuters)
An eclipse is seen at the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai, May 21, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, which briefly turned the sun into a blazing ring of fire. (Aly Song/Reuters)
Aaron Peck, 4, watches the annular eclipse in Kanarraville, Utah May 20 2012. (Robyn Beck/AFP)
Junior high school students observe the annular solar eclipse through special glasses at the school playground in Kawakaki, surburban Tokyo, May 21, 2012. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP)
A partial solar eclipse descends in the sky behind crosses in an Ixonia, Wis. in a farm field, May 20, 2012. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal)
A partial solar eclipse descends in the sky behind crosses in an Ixonia, Wis. in a farm field, May 20, 2012. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal)
An annular eclipse appears, May 20, 2012, north of Odessa, Texas. (Albert Cesare/Odessa American)
An annular eclipse appears, May 20, 2012, north of Odessa, Texas. (Albert Cesare/Odessa American)
A solar eclipse rises over the horizon in Xiamen in southeastern China's Fujian province, May 21, 2012. Millions of Asians watched as a rare "ring of fire" eclipse crossed their skies. The annular eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to wide areas across the continent. (Associated Press)
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