Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Annular Solar Eclipse

NASA ^ | May 19, 2012 | (see photo credit)

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Explanation: Tomorrow, May 20, the Moon's shadow will race across planet Earth. Observers within the 240-300 kilometer wide shadow track will be able to witness an annular solar eclipse as the Moon's apparent size is presently too small to completely cover the Sun. Heading east over a period of 3.5 hours, the shadow path will begin in southern China, cross the northern Pacific, and reach well into North America, crossing the US west coast in southern Oregon and northern California. Along the route, Tokyo residents will be just 10 kilometers north of the path's center line. Of course a partial eclipse will be visible from a much larger area within North America, the Pacific, and eastern Asia. This safely filtered telescopic picture was taken during the annular eclipse of January 15, 2010 from the city of Kanyakumari at the southern tip of India.

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[Credit & Copyright: Mikael Svalgaard]

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[KarlInOhio]

[onyx]

Thanks very much.

[fish hawk]

goes right across Eureka. check for time etc. Aloha

[KoRn]

Now that’s just dammed cool!

[alexander_busek]

[...] as the Moon's apparent size is presently currently too small [...]

Regards,

[RandallFlagg]

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Oh Wow...Thanks! This solves a big mystery.
For days, the announcers on TV and Radio have been speaking of the ANNUAL Solar eclipse! I KNEW this was crazy since we don’t have a Solar eclipse Every YEAR. It bothered me, as I heard it on at least two broadcasts.

Now I see that the word is “Annular”, which means something TOTALLY different.

Either the Newsreaders misread their announcements or the copy was wrong, or maybe both!

One of the people who used the incorrect word has two doctorates from Berkley in Botany and Nutrition...Guess who?

[TheOldLady]

Maybe Eclipso will come and save the day!

[central_va]

You said annular, he he he he,

[SunkenCiv]

Good catch, although I’d use “at present”. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks and/or LOL!