‘RING OF FIRE’ May 20, 2012 Solar Eclipse Starting 5:30 pm PDT (7:30 pm CDT)

http://www.livescience.com/20328-solar-eclipse-20-2012.html ^ | May 17, 4:17

[Yosemitest]

Updated May 17, 4:17 pm ET

The next solar eclipse will grace the afternoon and early evening skies over much of the United States this Sunday (May 20), offering up a spectacular site for those lucky enough to see it.

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon gets directly between Earth and the sun. Sunday’s event will be an partial solar eclipse across most of the United States and Canada, and a more compelling annular solar eclipse for a narrow swath of residents in the West and Southwest. The sun sets before any of it will be visible from the East Coast, however.

During the annular eclipse, the moon will be analogous to a black dime in front of a shiny penny, with a thin “ring of fire” — sunlight that streams around the moon.... (continued)

[Yosemitest]

We have the ring now at 8:35 pm CDT.

[sockmonkey]

Ring of Fire over NM right now. Cool.

[steve86]

UV goes right through that CD. Hope you aren’t a casualty. There are two very prominent sunspot groups.

[bubbacluck]

Just a quick glance. We usually see the images filtered through the tree leaves projected onto the garage door.

[jesseam]

In August of 2017 there will be a total eclipse for the United States running from the Pacific NW to the Atlantic SE.

[beaversmom]

LOL :)

[waxer1]

Yes indeed. All of us neighbors ended up together looking. Did it
The old fashioned way poke a hole in paper look at reflected on another. The wonder of God’s power on full display. Here in southern Arizona.

[skeeter]

Los Gatos. I don’t know why it should surprise me but its gotten noticeably cooler, too.

[NormsRevenge]

big drop in temp for sure.. it was 88 a couple hours ago, now its 68

[SpaceBar]

Observed it from Albuquerque. Simple projection on a white piece of cardboard behind a building free of obstructions. The onset was fast but the actual occlusion seemed slow. The annular ring was perfect. At one point all shadowed edges became knife edge centers of diffraction giving peculiar outlines to objects, perhaps inspiring ancient cultures and iconography.

[Delta 21]

Western Kansas. Folks were turning on their headlights 30 minutes before the sun went down.

[Gator113]

Thank you for posting that link.

We were able to watch it outside, but because of our location, we were only able to see the crescent.

After coming in, I found your link and that topped off the experience.

[Selene]

Inland it was 90, now 78. Also, there was a strange wind (or I should say breeze) for about 20 minutes. Seems like the whole neighborhood was out watching, walking their dogs or jogging.

[Gator113]

Thank you for posting that link.

We were able to watch it outside, but because of our location, we were only able to see the crescent.

After coming in, I found your link and that topped off the experience.

[SZonian]

Used a piece of exposed 35mm film to see it from here.

[poindexters brother]

Used a piece of exposed 35mm film to see it from here

I hope it was exposed B&W film. Exposed color film provides little UV filtering. At least that's what I've always been told.

[Can i say that here?]

Took the kids out and tried to have some fun getting pics of the eclipse. We only had a small one here in SW Missouri

[thane1944]

West side of El Paso, TX. local Jr High has unobstructed view to horizon. Took 3 grand children, my oldest daughter who is a second grade teacher here made a pinhole camera from a cereal box. not a complete annular eclipse but pretty spectacular as it was.

[RandallFlagg]

This is from Wheat Ridge, Colorado with my iPhone.
Couldn't get the actual eclipse, but I was able to capture the lens effect to the right of the glare.

[Dusty Road]

From West TX