The sun is about to turn into a “ring of fire.”
On June 21st, the Moon will pass directly in front of the sun, producing an annular solar eclipse over Earth’s eastern hemisphere.
Annular eclipses are not total. Only about 99% of the solar disk will be covered. The remainder juts out around the Moon, creating a “ring of fire.”
The narrow path of annularity stretches from east Africa to the Pacific Ocean, with greatest coverage occurring over the Himalaya of northern India at 06:41 UT.
You remember the last ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse? As the Sun began rising above the horizon, the the sun looked like a devil rising from the waters:
Graphic artist Larry Koehn created this animated preview for tomorrow’s eclipse:
A partial eclipse, in which a smaller fraction of the sun is covered, can be seen across a much wider area including parts of Europe, the Middle East, India, almost all of Asia, and northernmost Australia.
Observers, be careful! A partially eclipsed sun is still dangerously bright and should not be looked at through magnifying optics. Try projection techniques instead.
Because annular eclipses are not, technically, total, they are sometimes considered to be lesser events.
Decide for yourself … after watching this video of an annular eclipse at sunrise over western Australia on May 10, 2013:
Best webcasts to follow the solar eclipse LIVE
If you are not living or able to travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic, you may want to watch the eclipse thanks to the following webcasts:
Leanr more about meteor shower and sky events on Meteor Shower Tonight or Strange Sounds. [SpaceWeather]
We need Venus Project please. I love Venus Project does any one else love them?
Well lat time we had eclipse of sun was on DEC 31 2019 and we had so much quakes and super storms and locust attacks are connected to Jun 21 eclipse of sun and also World War 3 will start in two fronts same locations you see China and India disputes and ready for world war 3 same time Iran will be witness it as well. USA is ready to Nuke Iran to stone ages. Russia and China in next 10 year will be doubling Atomic arsenal as well. I already predicted world war 3 now with over 43 India Army is killed and China told Kim blow up neutral zone
so with great famine of world and collapse of all world economic. We need war to make more jobs for citizens?
or maybe just to rethink our society and economy is working!