2020 June 15 - A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2020-06-15

In today's image, we see a video showing clips of an annular solar eclipse from 2013. An annular eclipse occurs when the moon is at its greatest distance from the Earth (apogee) making it appear smaller than the Sun in the sky. Because of this, it is unable to fully block out the Sun, leaving a ring of sunlight visible around the edge of the Moon.

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