ABOUT 60,000 enthusiasts, scientists and astronomers are set to gather in northern Australia to watch Australia's first full solar eclipse for a decade.
The eclipse, which will happen at around 6.39am (AEST) on Wednesday, is expected to be visible for about two minutes in small parts of the Cape York Peninsula and Northern Territory.
About 60,000 excited scientists, astronomers and eclipse tourists have converged on the region to watch the moon pass between the sun and the earth and cast a shadow over a 150km-wide swathe of land.
Dr Stuart Ryder, from the Australian Astronomical Observatory said it takes the moon about an hour to pass from first contact, when it begins to cross the sun's path, to totality, when the sun is completely obscured.
During those few minutes of totality, it will seem like a moonlit night.
"However, when you look at the sky in any direction for a couple of hundred kilometres, you can see parts of the atmosphere which are outside the moon's shadow," he told AAP recently.
For residents across the rest of Australia, a partial - but not total - eclipse will be visible on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world can follow the event via cyberspace, or the twitterverse.
Tourism Tropical North Queensland and NASA are providing a live stream of the full eclipse, which is expected to garner an audience of millions, with particular interest in North America, Canada and Europe.
The Slooh Space Camera will also broadcast live images via its website, slooh.com.
Wednesday's event is the first full solar eclipse visible from Australia since 2002 - and that was only visible in the nation's south.
The next solar eclipse to be visible from Australia is expected on May next year, but it will only be an annular eclipse (where the sun is still visible around the edges of the moon).
* Eclipse watchers should remember to wear safety goggles or view the event through simple projection devices, which can be made of cardboard. Even while hidden behind the moon, the sun is incredibly powerful. Just a few seconds of looking at it directly can cause blindness.
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