Potash cash operating cost of goods sold net of by-product credits, which we define as total cost of goods sold excluding royalties, depreciation, depletion and amortization, was $199 per short ton in the first quarter of 2010 compared to $238 per short ton in the first quarter of 2009.
Answers.comÂ® is making the world better one answer at a time. It is relativley rare to observe a solar eclipse because the sun's light is blocked by the moon.
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks (occults) the Sun. This can happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy.