Solar eclipse in Israel

JER99081102 - 11 AUGUST 1999 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: An Israeli youth wears special glasses while viewing the last major solar eclipse of the 20th. century, August 11, 1999, in Jerusalem. The eclipse's high point in Israel lasted nearly three minutes with a 80 percent coverage of the sun by the moon. The last eclipse of such magnitude visible in this region was nearly 40 years ago. dh/Debbie Hill UPI