10/14/2023
On October 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will be visible as it crosses the sky from Oregon to Texas. The eclipse will pass 29 national park units as it makes its way across Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.
Annular solar eclipses happen annually, right? Short answer: No. Annular solar eclipses actually get their name from a ring of bright sunlight, or annulus. This “Ring of Fire” is visible around the moon during the maximum phase of this type of eclipse. The difference between an annular eclipse and a total eclipse has to do with the distance between Earth and the moon at the moment they align perfectly with the sun. During an annular eclipse, the moon is too far from the Earth to completely obscure the sun. The last annular eclipse visible from the United States occurred on May 20, 2012.
Learn more at: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/idkt_eclipses.htm?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
“And it burns, burns, burns…” The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters. Use “eclipse glasses” or handheld solar viewers to look at the eclipse
Image: On May 20, 2012 visitors to Capitol Reef viewed a rare annular eclipse at Panaroma Point.