National parks offer prime views of celestial 'ring of fire'
Apr 30, 2012, 11:25 pm
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National parks offer prime views of celestial 'ring of fire'
USA Today: National parks offer prime views of celestial 'ring of fire'
Looks like some great viewing opportunities across the western states!!
Looks like some great viewing opportunities across the western states!!
In the hours just before sunset on Sunday, May 20, the first solar eclipse in the USA in nearly two decades will dazzle viewers along a swath from the Pacific Coast to Texas.
And some of the best places to see the annular eclipse - one in which all but the outermost rim of the sun is blocked by the moon, leaving a "bull's eye" ring of sunlight - are national parks, where rangers and astronomers offer "solar parties" and other special programs.
Weather permitting , visitors at 33 national parks along the eclipse path will see the disc of the moon within the disc of the sun, with six parks - Redwoods and Lassen Volcanic in California; Zion in Utah, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona and Canyon De Chelly National Monument and Petroglyph National Monument, both in New Mexico – at the center of the eclipse path.
And some of the best places to see the annular eclipse - one in which all but the outermost rim of the sun is blocked by the moon, leaving a "bull's eye" ring of sunlight - are national parks, where rangers and astronomers offer "solar parties" and other special programs.
Weather permitting , visitors at 33 national parks along the eclipse path will see the disc of the moon within the disc of the sun, with six parks - Redwoods and Lassen Volcanic in California; Zion in Utah, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona and Canyon De Chelly National Monument and Petroglyph National Monument, both in New Mexico – at the center of the eclipse path.
