Credit & Copyright: Dennis Mammana
(Skyscapes)
Explanation:
Early on Saturday,
May 31 (UT) the new Moon will
once again slide across the Sun's fiery disk, and
once again an
annular solar eclipse will be the
result -- since the Moon's apparent
diameter
will be a little too small to completely
cover the Sun.
But this time
celestial geometry
has conspired to produce a broad
D-shaped region
for viewing the
annular phase that extends into the far northern hemisphere,
rather than creating a thin track racing across land and sea.
The characteristic ring of fire will be visible from
northern Scotland, Iceland, and parts of Greenland.
Otherwise a partial eclipse will be more widely visible
as across Europe, along with parts of Asia and North America,
the Moon will appear to take a "bite" out of the Sun.
While the northerly observers might certainly expect a
dramatic
view, it will probably not look quite
like this one, recorded with a foreground
of palm trees during a 1992 annular eclipse.
Want to watch Saturday's eclipse on the web?
Check out the planned
webcasts
from Astronet.
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