The ultra-rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse hit the world at sunrise on June 10, bringing star-gazers a chance to see an annular eclipse.
And now there are photos online that show off the “ring of fire.”
Today, people in parts of the Northern Hemisphere saw a partial or annular solar eclipse! 🌙 Here are a few of our photos from the East Coast. https://t.co/4Q9RjQaePq #SolarEclipse
— NASA Sun & Space (@NASASun) June 10, 2021
Did you see the eclipse? Show us your photos! pic.twitter.com/UqTZai3MX4
My best shots of today's eclipse, captured through gaps in the clouds over Somerset.
— Will Gater (@willgater) June 10, 2021
All were taken using specialist solar filters. To get a sense of scale, have a look at the little Earth icon I've dropped into the 3rd pic.#PartialSolarEclipse #SolarEclipse #solareclipse2021 pic.twitter.com/VMNTJFbXjR
A few others from the annular solar eclipse as the sun rose behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City, Thursday morning. #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork @NYmediaBoat #RingofFire #solareclipse2021 #solareclipse @agreatbigcity pic.twitter.com/SY4v63y36y
— Gary Hershorn (@GaryHershorn) June 10, 2021
the best I got for the Annular Eclipse from Iqaluit pic.twitter.com/Tm6l5UJ7nG
— Vinnie Karetak ❄double vaxed 💉💉 (@arviamiut) June 10, 2021
It’s the day of the ‘Ring of Fire’ #SolarEclipse. Learn what it means and how it is different from a total solar eclipse pic.twitter.com/p3kIRNlScY
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 10, 2021
'Ring of fire' solar eclipse of 2021 thrills stargazers across North America with sunrise spectacle https://t.co/DWpEDj613k pic.twitter.com/e2TPRf0dK4
— SPACE.com (@SPACEdotcom) June 10, 2021
Details of the “ring of fire” solar eclipse
The eclipse “occurs when the moon is at a further point in its elliptical orbit and passes between the Earth and the sun,” the Deseret News reported. “Since the moon is farther away from the Earth, it appears smaller in the sky and cannot block all the light from the sun, leaving a glowing ring — a ring of fire.”
The “ring of fire” solar eclipse allowed viewers to see “devil horns” or “shark fin” in the sky, too. Per CNET, this is when viewers near wide and flat areas can see two unique solar phenomena.
For example, the sun rose in two parts — called “devil horns” in multiple cities, including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York City, New York; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan; Thunder Bay, Ontario; and Toronto, Ontario.
Both Boston, Massachusetts, Ottawa, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, saw the sun rise with one peak, which was called the “shark fin.”