Crowds donned protective glasses to see the moon move across the face of the sun.
An annular solar eclipse is different from a total eclipse as the moon appears smaller than the sun due to its orbit. The moon during a total eclipse appears larger and completely blocks the sun from view.
The annular eclipse becomes viewable briefly through the clouds during a viewing event, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, on the intramural fields at Stanford University. Creighton Voon, 14, discusses the hydrogen telescope brought by the San Jose Astronomical Association for spectators to use during an eclipse viewing event, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at Stanford University.
People watch the moon pass between Earth and the sun during a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Indonesian women use protective glasses to watch the solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The lucky few in the path of the hybrid solar eclipse would either get plunged into the darkness of a total eclipse or see a “ring of fire” as the sun peeks out from behind the moon.
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