Don’t miss the final solar eclipse of the year: a striking ‘ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse.
If skies are clear, observers across a swath of the western United States, Mexico, and Central and South America are in for a treat this coming Saturday, October 14th, as the antumbral shadow of the Moon crosses the Earth in a fine ‘ring of fire’ annular solarAnnular solar eclipses occur when the Moon is in the farthest span of its elliptical orbit when it passes in front of the Sun, and fails to cover the solar disk completely.
Maximum annularity for the eclipse is just over 95% obscuration, and 5 minutes 17 seconds long near the southern border of Nicaragua. Interestingly, the path also crosses over the Four Corners monument, National Bridges National Monument in Utah, and Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico. Mid-eclipse occurs at 17:59 UT on October 14Keep in mind, all of North America and most of South America outside of the path will still see various degrees of partial phases for the solar eclipse.
Although we’re currently headed towards solar maximum for Cycle No. 25, the Sun is relatively quiet this week, with few photogenic sunspots turned Earthward. Weather and cloud cover eclipse day also currently favors the southern U.S., though views of the crescent Sun filtered through broken clouds can appear especially dramatic.We also typically get great views of the eclipse from space. ESA’s Proba-2 solar satellite often catches eclipses from its vantage point in low Earth orbit.
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