“Ring Of Fire” Solar Eclipse 2023

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On Saturday, October 14, 2023 an annular solar eclipse—better known as a Ring Of Fire—will occur within a path that stretches from the north Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Just 125 miles wide, that path will move through Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas before striking Central and South America.

Although there is some kind of solar eclipse every six months, rarely do the paths of two central eclipses overlap. Exactly 177 days after the annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023, a total solar eclipse will, on April 8, 2024 cross Mexico, the US and Canada. The paths will cross over 14,000 square miles of Texas Hill Country, with small towns including Vanderpool, Leakey, Utopia, Kerrville, Bandera, Hondo, Uvalde, Camp Wood, Rocksprings and Junction certain to experience both a ‘ring of fire’ and totality inside six months.

The ‘ring of fire’ is visible only from within the narrow path that passes through the US, Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Brazil. However, the whole the Americas—from Alaska to Argentina—will see a partial eclipse solar eclipse. Just north of the path, Salt Lake City will see 86% of the Sun blocked by the Moon, with Las Vegas at 82%, Dallas at 80% and Denver at 78%. In Los Angeles, it’s 70% while in New York City it’s 23%. A mineral-rich region of northern Ontario, Canada called Ring of Fire will see a 25% partial solar eclipse.

Those in the contiguous United States will have to travel to see another ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse after 2023. The next annular solar eclipse visible from the US occurs on June 21, 2039, but only Alaska and northwest Canada will see that one. The US last experienced an annular solar eclipse on May 20, 2012, which was again visible in the US Southwest, though on that occasion was close to sunset.

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