Explanation:
The second solar eclipse
of 2024 began in the Pacific.
On October 2nd the Moon’s shadow swept from
west to east, with an
annular eclipse visible along a
narrow antumbral shadow path tracking mostly over ocean, crossing land
near the southern tip of South America, and ending in the southern
Atlantic.
The dramatic total annular eclipse phase
is known to some as a
ring of fire.
Still, a partial eclipse of the Sun was experienced over a wide
region.
Captured at one of its earliest moments, October’s eclipsed
Sun is seen just above the clouds near sunrise in this snapshot.
The partially eclipsed solar disk is close to the maximum eclipse
as seen from Mauna Kea Observatory Visitor Center,
Island of Hawaii,
planet Earth.
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241003.html
