The 1st August 2008 eclipse will reach a maximum duration of 2 minutes 27 seconds over Russia. The path of the eclipse starts in Nunavut (Canada), the eclipse will continue through Greenland, the Arctic, Russia, Mongolia and China.
Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC
| Title/Description | NASA Map |
| Arctic Canada | Yes |
| Arctic Canada and Greenland | Yes |
| Svalbard & Frans Josef Land | Yes |
| Russia - Noyaya Zemlya | Yes |
| Russia - Nadym | Yes |
| Russia - Central Siberia | Yes |
| Russia - Novosibirsk | Yes |
| China, Russia & Mongolia | Yes |
| China & Mongolia | Yes |
| China (Wuwei) | Yes |
| China (Xian) | Yes |
Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC Maps were reproduced from NASA. Textual commentary is by Mark Sukhija who is not from NASA.
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Mark Sukhija is a travel and wine blogger, photographer, tourism researcher, hat-touting, white-shirt-wearing, New Zealand fantatic and eclipse chaser. Aside from at least annual visits to New Zealand, Mark has seen eclipses in South Australia (2002), Libya (2006), China (2009) and Queensland (2012). After twelve years in Switzerland, Mark moved back to London in 2012. You can follow Mark on Twitter or Facebook