Sunday, May 20, 2012

See a partial solar eclipse Sunday evening Skywatchers Hot for 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse The Next Annular is May 20 2012 Don't Look Directly at the Sun Rare ring fire dims skies means will be partialsun day Millions look skyward as rare crosses Asia Images fire' Tonight to dim Arizona tribes talk significance L.A. viewing party set Sunday's but won't visible in Md. from China Texas Top News Headlines Deadly Earthquake Northern Italy This runs around others

Sun Starts 'Ring Of Fire' Eclipse An "annular eclipse" will be visible from a 240 to 300km-wide swathe of Earth stretching from Asia across the Pacific to the western US on Monday. The eclipse is happening at a time that the Moon is at its farthest from the Earth, and therefore does not block out the Sun completely. A guide to viewing Sunday's partial eclipse Earth's moon passes in front of the sun in an eclipse visible from Austin, Texas, on June 10, 2002. Rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse dims skies KANARRAVILLE, Utah (Reuters) - The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. Eclipses of some type occur almost every year, but stargazers have not seen an annular - shaped like a ring -eclipse on U.S. soil since 1994, and the next ... Rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse to dim skies KANARRAVILLE, Utah (Reuters) - The sun and moon will align over the earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday - an annular eclipse that will dim the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. "It will look like a donut with a very big hole in it," NASA Space Scientist Jeffrey Newmark said. Eclipses of some type occur almost every year, but ... Solar eclipse goes social ... and global Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The sun, moon and Earth lined up for a spectacular "Ring of Fire" annular eclipse that sparked social rites as ancient as Stonehenge and as modern as the Twitterverse. Annular Eclipse Makes 'Ring of Fire' If you live in a band across the southwestern United States , twilight likely seemed to come early this afternoon, well before the sun actually sets, thanks to a rare annular eclipse. 'Crescent sun' eclipse will be first in Lower 48 since 1994 Sunday's annular eclipse - the first such eclipse visible in the contiguous United States since 1994 - will take place as the moon crosses in front of the sun. Skywatchers Hot for 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse A rare solar eclipse is darkening skies from China to Texas today (May 20), and has crowds of eager skywatchers and photographers hoping to see the sun transform into a dazzling "ring of fire." Tribes Talk Significance of Solar Eclipse Navajo man recalls grandfather's warning of staring at sun during eclipse Astronauts May See Solar Eclipse Shadow From Space When the moon blocks the sun in a rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse Sunday (May 20), six astronauts living in space just might see the shadow on Earth created by the event from their home in space, NASA officials say.
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