Tens of millions in the Americas will have front-row seats for Saturday's rare 'ring of fire' eclipse of the sun. Here's where and when you can see it, plus how to protect your eyes.
Tens of millions over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America will have front-row seats for the rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse.
As the moon lines up precisely between Earth and the sun, it will blot out all but the sun's outer rim. A bright, blazing border will appear around the moon for as much as five minutes, wowing skygazers along a narrow path stretching from Oregon to Brazil.It's a prelude to the total solar eclipse that will sweep across Mexico, the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada, in six months.
The entire eclipse - from the moment the moon starts to obscure the sun until it's back to normal - will last 2 1/2 to three hours at any given spot. The ring of fire portion lasts from three to five minutes, depending on location.In the U.S. alone, more than 6.5 million people live along the so-called path of annularity, with another 68 million within 200 miles , according to NASA's Alex Lockwood, a planetary scientist.
There are other options if you don't have eclipse glasses. You can look indirectly with a pinhole projector that you can make yourself, including one made with a cereal box. With Saturday's eclipse coinciding with art, music and river festivals, Eychner expects Kerrville's population of 25,000 to double or even quadruple.April's total solar eclipse will crisscross the U.S. in the opposite direction.
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