
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 10, 1994                   TAG: 9405100124
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SEE THE SOLAR ECLIPSE SAFELY ON TV

Live shots of today's solar eclipse will be shown on The Weather Channel. Non-continuous coverage of the event will carried nationally beginning at approximately noon.

The 150-mile-wide path of the eclipse will enter the United States just north of the Mexican border, at El Paso, Texas. The major U.S. cities which are directly in the path of the eclipse are: El Paso; Amarillo, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla; St. Louis, Mo.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Toledo, Ohio; Cleveland; Buffalo, N.Y.; Rochester, N.Y.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Albany, N.Y., and Portland, Maine.

This is an annular eclipse, meaning that at its peak, the sun will not be completely covered. The moon will appear directly in the center of the sun. Because the sun is so bright and because the moon will be lighted on the opposite side, however, the moon will not be visible. The sun will appear as a brilliant ring in the sky.

According to Mike Bono, on-camera meteorologist at The Weather Channel, ``Even though this is not a total solar eclipse - approximately 84 percent of the sun's surface will be obscured - it is still not safe to look at the sun.''

by CNB