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Scotland Set for 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Fri May 30, 2:14 PM ET Add Science - Reuters to My Yahoo! LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of skygazers are expected in Scotland on Saturday to watch an annular eclipse of the sun, the first visible in Britain for more than 80 years. The best views of the event will had be on the northern coast of Scotland at sunrise, provided the notoriously unstable Scottish weather allows for clear skies. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon covers the center of the sun but not its edges, so that a ring of light is left around the moon. The point of greatest eclipse is timed for 4:08 a.m. (0308 GMT). Weather permitting, the spectacle is expected to rival the solar eclipse in Cornwall in 1999. Spectators have been warned to view it with special goggles or by reflecting the image on to screens to avoid eye damage. Annular eclipses are rare -- the last one in the UK was in 1921 and the next one will be in 2093. Saturday's eclipse can also be seen on the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands, as well as in Iceland and Greenland. As is tradition during an eclipse, astronomers will be joined by spectators who believe it carries deeper meaning and powers. Hoping for a "ring of fire" to ascend over the ocean, they will call for the solar circle to deliver them from evil and illuminate the future.