If you didn't get the chance to see it, this is what it looked like. The way I understood it, the moon moves in front of the sun which creates a shadow on the earth. The best viewing points are the areas on the earth in the shadow. I was expecting the sky to go totally dark like it does at night time, and the pictures make it look like that's what happened but actually these pictures are taken with solar glasses in front of the lens. It wasn't actually totally dark outside, although the entire sky had a darkened look to it, like when the sun is setting, but it was higher in the air. It was really something to see. The ring of fire lasted only about 5 minutes, and the partial eclipse lasted about 2 hours.
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That is awesome! I wish we could have seen it! That picture you took of the "ring of fire" is impressive! You should do photography for NASA.
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