Visitors relax at a campsite of Tatsugo town on Japan's southern island of Amami Oshima Tuesday, July 21 , 2009. Millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century, as vast swaths of India and China, the entire city of Shanghai and southern Japanese islands are plunged into darkness Wednesday for about five minutes.
Haru Sugimoto, 8, left, grabs a pair of protective glass from his sister Karen, 6, as their mother Kayo, only hands seen, breaks them up while watching a partial solar eclipse in downtown Osaka, western Japan, Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
Children watch a partial solar eclipse through a pair of protective viewers in downtown Osaka, Japan, Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
A school child watches a partial solar eclipse through a protective glass in Osaka, Japan, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia into near-darkness after dawn, as millions watched the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon Wednesday.
A child watches a partial solar eclipse through a pair of protective viewers in downtown Osaka, Japan, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia into near-darkness after dawn, as millions watched the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon Wednesday.
