Annular Eclipse 2023 - Midland, Texas
Credit: Jerry Hatfield
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The 2023 Partial (Annular) Solar Eclipse as seen from Nevada // Brian Fulda
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Annular Eclipse 2023. Taken south of Farmington, New Mexico.
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The best place to be for a hug eclipse is a scenic natural area with good views and few clouds. The worst place to be is the lunar surface
Types of Solar Eclipse [Explained]
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[Nine diagrams of solar eclipses are shown. The first three are all real solar eclipses, the rest are all ficticious.]
Caption: Types of Solar Eclipse
[The sun is partially covered by a similarly sized moon:] Partial
[The sun is completely covered by a similarly sized moon:] Total
[The sun is partially covered by a slightly smaller moon, surrounding its shadow:] Annular
[A ovalar sun is mostly covered by a spherical moon, except at the extremes of its distortions:] Oblate
[Sun partially covered by a similarly sized moon, except for a hole in the moon's center:] Interior
[Sun partially covered by a square turnt on its point to resemble a diamond:] Cuboid
[2D Sun being intersected with a 2D moon at a perpendicular angle:] Transverse
[Sun being partially obscured by a body that has a ring system:] Saturnian
[Moon is pinched at the sides by the Sun behind it, as if being grabbed:] Hug
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An annular solar eclipse will be visible across North America on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.
The October annular eclipse's infamous "ring of fire" will cross eight U.S. states from Oregon to Texas, according to NASA. If you're not fortunate enough to see it in person, the eclipse will be livestreamed for free so you can enjoy the wonder of the eclipse from the comfort of your own home.
During an annular solar eclipse, the moon appears slightly smaller than the sun. As such, it doesn't block the entire solar disk like it would during a total solar eclipse. Instead, the moon's shadow covers most of the disk, leaving the outer rim, resulting in a beautiful "ring of fire."
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The 2023 Annular Eclipse as seen from Albuquerque, NM // Jordan Martin
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