Bodmin Moor may hold the key to seeing the Sun eclipsed if the weather is cloudy on August 11.
Scientists have studied the weather patterns that affect Cornwall in an attempt to predict the view the eclipse.
Coastal areas, especially around Land's End and the Lizard, score more highly than inland areas.
However, the chances are high that there will be low level blanket clouds above the region. These clouds form as warm air approaches from the south and moves over the colder waters of the English Channel.
They argue that the best location to find a gap in the cloud is in the shelter of the granite spine of hills that run through Cornwall - on the northern and eastern slopes which are protected to a certain degree from the prevailing damp southwesterly winds.
The hills of Bodmin Moor offer the greatest protection. Therefore people to the north and east would have the best chance of seeing the eclipse.