Last night (Sunday, May 20), many parts of the U.S. were treated to an annular solar eclipse, or part of it (known as a partial eclipse). We pulled a few images of the eclipse from a variety of sources and placed them below.
Slooh (events.slooh.com) maintained a live video feed throughout the event from a couple of western U.S. locations where the annular eclipse would be best viewed. A couple of screenshots of their feeds are shown below.
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| The above was taken as Slooh’s site in California experienced the “ring of fire,” in which a ring of the sun is apparent around the moon. |
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| The second shot was taken in New Mexico. Note the orange ring of the sun surrounding the black disk that is the moon. |
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| Locally, a partial eclipse was photographed from the Mississippi River bluffs. Photo credit: Austen Onek |
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| The TX panhandle was the prime viewing spot for the eclipse as the sun set during the annular phase. Photo credit: Greg Jackson (NWS Midland, TX). |
The next major solar eclipse event is a total eclipse which will occur across a wide swath of the U.S. in 2017. Expect a lot of press and hoopla leading up to this event as a total eclipse visible in the U.S. is rare! For more on this particular event, check out our recent blog post leading up to the eclipse.
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