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April's total eclipse will be spectacular enough, but if you're looking for something even more magical, a "double diamond ring" effect will be visible in parts of Central Texas.

On April 8, viewers in many areas across Arkansas will have the opportunity to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event. Here's what to know before the total solar eclipse

Anniversary. theyll remember getting married in the dark and then sharing that first kiss under what astronomers call the diamond ring effect. about nine months from today, babies will be born named or ra and correspond row in a, pain a penumbra or two, though totality is probably a reach. heres all the proof you need that we needed what happened today. most people in the path of the eclipse reacted by cheering. they applauded nature. many people wept including stephanie abrams who was overcome ...

It was as if mother nature knew we needed something and needed it right now. something to stop time. something to change the usual rules of order. something to remind us just how inconsequential we all are in the grand scheme of things. all those typhoons and waterspouts, dust devils, sinkholes and northern lights, those are a warmup act. today was a show stopper. there are couples who will celebrate this day as their anniversary. theyll remember getting married in the dark, and then sharing tha...

To remind us how inconsequential we are. sink holes and northern lights, those are a warm-up act. today was a show stopper. there are couples who will celebrate this day as their anniversary. theyll remember getting married in the dark and then sharing that first kiss under what astronomers call the diamond ring effect. about nine months from today, babies will be born named or ra and correspond row in a, pain a penumbra or two, though totality is probably a reach. heres all the proof you need t...

United states in 99 years. >> exactly. >> since 1918. the last time. the last total eclipse, not completely across the united states. >> exactly right. >> this is a moment were watching this total eclipse. this is in casper, wyoming. shortly -- well keep this picture up for viewers. tell viewers what to anticipate. >> at this point with the sun just now -- there it goes. thats the bead. theres the diamond ring effect. and now, of course, thats overexposing. put the filter back on. right. doing i...

What triggers the flares and explosions. if we can get an idea of what triggers them, we can get more of a predictive mechanism for determining the existence of what chris was calling coronal mass ejections. >> so, david, for all we know about the sun, theres still a lot we dont know about what causes they flares? >> absolutely. we can now predict some types of flare events, oh, 14 hours in advance, which isnt bad. >> look at that. >> here it comes. i love that. >> we call it baileys beads, beca...

Bottom, and then it will start back up. so we really feel a cooling effect. >> it is strakiiking, grag, bute combination of the heat, humidity, the lightning and thunder. the diamond ring effect. we get one bright point of light with that halo around the moon. >> for those just tuning in, why are we seeing that? >>. >> the first burst ray of son creates that bright point of light. >> craig, im sure you would love to be back in your home state, but it was nice to talk

And important processes are taking place. >> this total eclipse will last minutes, about, and slowly all of a sudden the sun re-appears? >> exactly right. >> it will re-appear quickly. in that, whats called a baileys bead, the bright portion of the sun coming back and the contrast is so great it overpowers the corona. thats all you see. sort of like a diamond ring effect, its called. >> so if on the ground now in casper, wyoming, its dark. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> you might get confused and think i...

Another photographer captured the entire moment in phases. i want to pay attention to two noemts just before and just after totality. totality is when the moon covers the entire disk of the sun and it creates this effect we call the diamond ring effect. you see that ring on the outside of the sun? and only a few beams of light just on the outer edges? it looks like a diamond ring if you ask me. cool stuff to see. you know what? whats not so great is whats happened on the east coast of the united...