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The first images of the moon passing between the sun and the Earth in a so-called"ring of fire" solar eclipse are coming in and the views are amazing. ," in which the moon doesn't completely cover the sun and leaves a brilliant ring of sunlight visible, giving it a"ring of fire" effect. Thewill be visible to potentially millions of spectators across several U.S.
Weather permitting, a partial solar eclipse will be visible across the entire United States, and wide swaths of North America, Central America and South America. But the amazing"ring of fire" effect can only be seen from a slender path of annularity. NASA and scientists across the United States, and around the world, are studying the eclipse in immense detail. In New Mexico, NASA is launching a series of sounding rockets and balloon experiment to study the eclipse, and has called on the public to help as part of a citizen science project.
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