Archive for the 'Solar Eclipse' Category

'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse delights millions across western US, Asia

A painstakingly planned photo expedition to see the annular solar eclipse paid off spectacularly for two veteran astrophotographers. Imelda Joson and Edwin Aguirre, based in Boston, traveled to the Horseshoe Bend Overlook at Page in northern Arizona to Tonight, China and the Western United States will be able to see an annular eclipse, the first [...]

Solar eclipse projects 'ring of fire' across Asia and US

This type of eclipse is called an annular eclipse, and it occurs when the moon moves between the Earth and the sun, but the moon is too far away to completely block out the rays of the sun, creating a corona of light around the This type of eclipse is called an annular eclipse, and [...]

Solar eclipse projects 'ring of fire' across Asia, Pacific

How do you watch today's historic solar eclipse? If you're in the continental United States, you'll want to get an elevated, unobstructed view of the western and northwest horizon when the eclipse begins — as early as the 5 By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — The shadow of the moon started sweeping across the [...]

Eclipse Day! Get set for 'Ring of Fire'

Unlike a spectacular total solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and sun and blocks all but the sun's corona, Sunday's annular eclipse will leave a visible “ring of fire” surrounding the moon's YouTube Preview Image. This is one of the better Solar Eclipse informational videos I've seen and worth watching [...]

Solar eclipse glasses sold out at Griffith Observatory

As eclipse mania becomes a frenzy, special solar eclipse glasses have sold out at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. The city-run observatory is one of the few local places known to sell eclipse glasses, but its stock of 2500 pairs ran out late " Where can you buy eclipse sunglasses? It's hard to find, [...]

NASA Google Map Shows Path of Solar Eclipse

" Where can you buy eclipse sunglasses? It's hard to find, but there is a sure place to find them in Los Angeles — Griffith Observatory. The city-owned observatory in the Hollywood Hills is selling eclipse sunglasses for $2.99 a. Experts said Sunday's "ring" eclipse will be visible across a wide area, including in California. [...]

solar eclipse to project 'ring of fire'

A solar eclipse will blot out part of the sun this weekend, and astronomers in Colorado are organizing what they hope will be the world's largest viewing party in one place. Their venue: an entire football stadium. The eclipse will occur in the Experts said Sunday's "ring" eclipse will be visible across a wide area, [...]

Annular solar eclipse — a 'ring of fire' — visible in Northern California on …

May 1994 annular solar eclipse, as seen in Detroit. It lasted about three minutes. (AP Photo/Bill Waugh) Northern California — farther north than the Bay Area — will be a prime viewing zone for the annular solar eclipse on May 20. On Sunday, May 20, there will be the opportunity to view an unusual annular [...]

Solar Eclipse 2012: How 'Ring Of Fire' Observers Can Protect Their Eyes

An annular solar eclipse will grace the western part of the United States in May. BEWARE – Do not look directly at this eclipse with out a proper filter! Annular eclipses don't totally block out the Sun and are thus dangerous. Move over, Supermoon! California is in for another extraterrestrial evening display this weekend — [...]

Your views of the lunar eclipse

This photo of a solar eclipse looks all the more magical when seen through chimney smoke from a home in a Siberian village near Novosibirsk, Russia. Skywatcher Aleksandr Yuferev took this photo of the partial solar eclipse 10 total solar eclipse above San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. "I went out at sunrise this morning not [...]