NASA explains how a safely view a 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse. WARNING: People should always use protective solar ...

A timelapse of the 2023 annular solar eclipse as seen from outside Great Basin National Park in Ely Nevada. Captured with a Unistellar eQuinox 2 smart telescope with Smart Solar Filter. Credit: Space.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A partial solar eclipse of the sun, the first stage of a rare “ring of fire” eclipse that is expected to cut across the Americas, began to emerge Saturday morning.

An annular solar eclipse is known as “a ring of fire” because it creates that effect when the large sun is behind the smaller moon. While Florida is not in direct view of the annular solar ...