2023 Annular Solar Eclipse

 

The annular solar eclipse, or "Ring of Fire" eclipse, will cross directly over the Four Corners of the Southwest U.S. 

That includes my home in Jamestown, New Mexico. Hopefully, it will be a clear day to be able to see it.

According to Space.com:

On Oct. 14, 2023, all of North America and Central America, and most of South America will experience a solar eclipse. For all of that region, the spectacle will be a partial solar eclipse of varying obscuration. Only within the path of annularity, which is 118 to 137 miles (190 to 220 kilometers) wide, will the ring of fire be visible. That path will stretch from Oregon through northern California, northeast Nevada, central Utah, northeast Arizona, southwest Colorado, central New Mexico and southern Texas. It will then move across the Gulf of Mexico and over Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Brazil.

The most scenic places to see the ring of fire are in the U.S. Southwest and at the Mayan temple at Edzná on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. Here are some notable locations and cities that will see a ring of fire, together with the local time and duration of that event, according to Jubier. Note that all of these places will also see a long partial solar eclipse before and after the brief 'ring of fire; their closeness to the centerline of the path of annularity determines the duration of the ring of fire: 

• Oregon Dunes, Oregon: 9:15 a.m. PDT; 4 minutes, 29 seconds 
• Crater Lake National Park, Oregon: 9:17 a.m. PDT; 4 minutes, 19 seconds 
• Lava Beds National Monument, California: 9:19 a.m. PDT; 54 seconds 
• Great Basin National Park, Nevada: 9:24 a.m. PDT; 3 minutes, 46 seconds 
• Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah: 10:27 a.m. MDT; 2 minutes, 31 seconds 
• Capitol Reef National Park, Utah: 10:27 a.m. MDT; 4 minutes, 37 seconds 
• Canyonlands National Park, Utah: 10:29 a.m. MDT; 2 minutes, 24 seconds
• Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah: 10:29 a.m. MDT; 4 minutes, 29 seconds  
• Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona: 10:29 a.m. MDT; 4 minutes, 16 seconds
• Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado: 10:31 a.m. MDT; 2 minutes, 57 seconds 
• Chaco Culture National Park, New Mexico: 10:32 a.m. MDT; 4 minutes, 42 seconds 
• Albuquerque, New Mexico: 10:34 a.m. MDT; 4 minutes, 42 seconds  
• San Antonio: 11:52 a.m. CDT; 4 minutes, 5 seconds
• Corpus Christi, Texas: 11:55 a.m. CDT; 4 minutes, 52 seconds
• Padre Island National Seashore, Texas: 11:56 a.m. CDT; 4 minutes, 52 seconds
• Edzná Maya archaeological site, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico: 11:23 a.m. CST; 4 minutes, 32 seconds    

Although Monument Valley Tribal Park is listed, the park will be closed for Navajo eclipse cultural ceremonials. There may be other Native American places that will be also closed, but they haven't been announced yet.

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