I'm an experienced science, travel and photography journalist and stargazer writing about exploring the night sky, total solar eclipses, moon-gazing, astro-travel, astronomy and space exploration. I'm the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com, SmartTelescopeReviews.com and the author of 'A Stargazing Program for Beginners: A Pocket Field Guide' (Springer, 2015) and 'The Complete Guide To The Great North American Eclipse of April 8, 2024.' I write for Space.com, the South China Morning Post, The Planetary Society, New Scientist, Live Science, Sky & Telescope magazine, BBC Sky At Night magazine, Travel+Leisure, T3 and Digital Camera World.
a new interactive map for Saturday, October 14’s ‘ring of fire’ annular solar eclipse. Called the “Eclipse Explorer,” it’s based on the space agency’s eclipse maps revealed earlier this year, but includes several new interactive layers to make it easier to see how the eclipse will behave in real-time.
It includes dynamic layers—which show what percentage of the sun will be covered at the peak of the eclipse—and outlines of areas where the duration of the “ring of fire” is highest., the darkest part of the moon’s cone-shaped shadow, which causes the “ring of fire,” as well as the brighterHowever, the map shows specific eclipse timings and weather information only for cities, and has very little information for visitors to key parts of the path, such as Utah.
An annular solar eclipse is the result of the moon looking slightly smaller in the sky than the sun because it’s farthest from Earth on its egg-shaped orbit. On October 14 it will, only from that path of annularity, block the middle part of the sun to cause a brief ring . The 125 miles-wide path of will pass over Oregon through Texas via California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, bringing a maximum five-minute “ring of fire” solar eclipse that will see 90% of the Sun blocked by the moon.
The path includes a lot of US National Parks, including Crater Lake, Bryce Canyon and Canyonlands. After exiting the U.S. the “ring of fire” will then visit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia and Brazil.Never look at the partial or annular phases of any eclipse without certified eye protection.
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