"Millions look skyward to glimpse eclipse" Associated Press, May 21, 2012
TOKYO - Millions of people in parts of East Asia and the western United States got to see a rare “ring of fire’’ eclipse of the sun.
Early risers in southern China, northern Taiwan, and southeastern Japan got the best view about dawn Monday. The eclipse moved across the Pacific, with the western United States viewing the tail end Sunday evening.
The event, called an annular solar eclipse, occurs when
the moon slides across the sun, blocking all but a blazing halo of
light. For 3 1/2 hours, the eclipse was expected to follow an 8,500-mile
path.
The last time this type of eclipse was seen in the United States was in 1994.
This year, 33 national parks were in the eclipse path, including the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon. A partial eclipse could be viewed from another 125 national parks.
The Eastern Seaboard was shut out.
Oh, I wouldn't have been able to see it anyway.
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Also see: Fly Me To the Moon
Going to be missing a lot more of the Boston Globe in days to come.