Astronomy Picture of Day: Rings of Fire# Astronomy - 天文
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Ring of Fire from Cape Wrath
Credit & Copyright: Hans Coeckelberghs
Explanation: If the Moon's apparent diameter is not quite large enough to cover the Sun
during a solar eclipse, an annular eclipse can be the result -- a spectacle of silhouetted Moon
surrounded by a solar "ring of fire". Just such a view was possible for observers in the far
northern hemisphere as the new Moon slid across the solar disk on May 31st. Still, for
astronomical adventurers at Cape Wrath on the north
Credit & Copyright: Hans Coeckelberghs
Explanation: If the Moon's apparent diameter is not quite large enough to cover the Sun
during a solar eclipse, an annular eclipse can be the result -- a spectacle of silhouetted Moon
surrounded by a solar "ring of fire". Just such a view was possible for observers in the far
northern hemisphere as the new Moon slid across the solar disk on May 31st. Still, for
astronomical adventurers at Cape Wrath on the north