A "ring of fire" shines over Easter Island in a spectacular new image of the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon is at its farthest from Earth ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island/LAS HORQUETAS, Argentina, Oct 2 (Reuters)- - The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an ...

As seen from Easter Island, the moon will begin to move across the disk of the sun at 11:23 a.m. local time and at 1:04 p.m. an off-centered solar ring will form and will persist for about 6 ...

as well as from Easter Island. Madhavan observed the eclipse above a spectacular water-filled volcanic caldera called Rano Kau. From that location, annularity — the moment when the moon appeared ...

Right now, the moon's shadow is racing across the Pacific Ocean, creating a spectacular "ring of fire" eclipse that will soon be visible to skywatchers on Easter Island and the tip of South America.