| People across the Northern Hemisphere had the chance to experience an annular or partial eclipse of the Sun on Thursday, June 10. The full annular or “ring of fire” solar eclipse was visible across Greenland, Northern Russia, and Canada, while our NASA photographers captured images of the partial eclipse. We hosted a live stream of the partial solar eclipse on YouTube and on our NASA Live page. Footage for the stream was provided courtesy of Luc Boulard of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Sudbury Centre and timeanddate.com. |
| A solar eclipse happens when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth, fully or partially blocking the Sun’s light in some areas. During an annular eclipse, the Moon is far enough away from Earth that the Moon appears smaller than the Sun in the sky. Since the Moon does not block the entire view of the Sun, it will look like a dark disk on top of a larger, bright disk. This creates what looks like a ring of fire around the Moon. |
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