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May 20, 2012 10:05 pm

Rare 'Annular Solar Eclipse' Tonight


First time accepted submitter Trubacca writes "The Northern-Pacific "Ring of Fire" has an opportunity tonight to observe an entirely different "ring of fire": an annular solar eclipse where the moon, owing to it's distance from the Earth, seems smaller than the apparent diameter of the sun. This results in the fiery ring for which the phenomenon takes it's name. Space.com has a decent write-up on the path of the eclipse, times, and tips for safe-viewing."

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