see the full \u201cring of fire\u201d effect<\/a>. Most people in North America outside the \u201cpath of annularity\u201d will see a partial eclipse if skies are clear. <\/p>\n\n\n\nSky-watchers in Oregon will be able to see the start of a partial eclipse at 8:06 a.m. PT. The period of annularity, when the \u201cring of fire\u201d effect is visible, will last around 5 minutes. During that time, the point of maximum coverage for people in Eugene, Oregon, will occur at 9:18 a.m. PT. Maximum coverage will be at 9:20 a.m. PT in Alturas, California; at 9:23 a.m. PT in Battle Mountain, Nevada; at 10:28 a.m. MT in Richfield, Utah; at 10:35 a.m. MT in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and 11:54 a.m. CT in San Antonio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday\u2019s eclipse is a much-anticipated astronomical event because it\u2019s rare for the path of a solar eclipse to cut so cleanly across the continental U.S., said Diana Hannikainen, an editor at Sky & Telescope, a monthly magazine about science and amateur astronomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing sight to see this black, lunar disc silhouetted against the brighter solar disk,\u201d she said, adding that if it\u2019s feasible to travel to a place along the path of annularity, it\u2019s \u201cworth taking a peek, because just seeing this event reminds us that we live in a solar system that\u2019s constantly in motion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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