![]() Tens of thousands could get a double treat in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “In a very real sense, solar eclipses are ‘made in the shade’ of the moon.” “As the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun, it casts its shadow on our planet,” said Laatsch. The planetarium was selling safety glasses for $2 Saturday to encourage safe viewing, said Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy and the Maynard Jordan Planetarium In Maine, viewers expected to see only about 12% of the sun covered, but the Clark Telescope on the grounds of the Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine was open to the public. Viewers on the East Coast were prepared to see less of the event - close to a quarter eclipse around midday in some areas, such as New York City - but were nonetheless geared up to watch the skies. “For a little place, we’re putting on a good show," said Woolsey, who became an eclipse enthusiast after seeing the 2017 total solar eclipse that swept the U.S. Her seven rooms have been booked for over a year. Inn and general store owner Liz Woolsey made T-shirts and planned a slate of activities including a drum circle and a dance party. ![]() Weather was less of a concern in tiny Baker, Nevada, where the population hovers around 100. "But we’re still hoping that we might get a glimpse of it,” said city official Rosa Solano. With a chance of rain in its forecast, the small town of Reedsport near Oregon's Pacific Coast moved its eclipse festival inside so that a bounce house and games wouldn’t get soaked in the mud. NASA and other groups planned to livestream it. Viewing all depends on clear skies - part of the U.S. “I just think it's seeing these unique experiences that come rarely is what got me here. “I just think it's one of those things that unites us all,” said John Edwards, a cancer drug developer who traveled alone across the country to try to watch the eclipse from Bryce Canyon. At Bryce Canyon national park in southern Utah tiny lights could be seen along a well known trail that snakes through a valley of red rock hoodoos as eclipse enthusiasts hit the trail before sunrise to stake out their preferred spot ![]() to remote corners of the country to try to get the best view possible. The celestial event brought eclipse watchers from around the U.S. Much of the rest of the Western Hemisphere gets a partial eclipse. Next: Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Brazil. Saturday’s path: Oregon, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Texas in the U.S., with a sliver of California, Arizona and Colorado. When the moon lines up between Earth and the sun, it leaves a bright, blazing border. Unlike a total solar eclipse, the moon doesn’t completely cover the sun during a ring of fire eclipse. Clouds and fog threatened to obscure the view of the eclipse in some western states, including California and Oregon. (AP) - A rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun cuts across the Americas on Saturday, stretching from Oregon to Brazil, and huge crowds were on the move before dawn in cities, rural areas and national parks to try to catch a glimpse of it.įor the small towns and cities along its narrow path, there was a mix of excitement, worries about the weather and concerns they'd be overwhelmed by visitors flocking to see the celestial event, also called an annular solar eclipse.
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