What is a Solar Eclipse?
When it crosses in front of the sun, it obscures our planet and causes a solar eclipse. Total, partial, and annual solar eclipses are the three basic forms that can happen. Occasionally, the Earth encounters a hybrid eclipse when more than one occurs simultaneously.
Also, here are the dos and don’ts of the dangerous ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse.
All of the continental U.S. will be able to watch a partial eclipse, but only those in Oregon and the Southwest will see the luminous ring.
Solar Eclipse Ring of Fire
On Saturday morning, October 14, an annual solar eclipse will cross the skies of the Southwestern United States, allowing viewers to see a dazzling “ring fire” surrounding the shadowy new moon. Some believe a solar eclipse will impact you according to your zodiac sign.
Astronomers are urging as many as possible to go outside and observe in safety because this infrequent occurrence won’t happen again in the United States for more than 20 years. Skywatchers will see a partial solar eclipse in which the moon just blocks the sun elsewhere in the country.
According to NASA, the annual eclipse in the United States will start in Oregon at 9:13 a.m. Pacific time and end in Texas at 12:03 p.m. Central time. It will go over the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil before coming to an end in dust in the Atlantic Ocean.
Total eclipse will be seen across much of the U.S. on April 8, 2024.
