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Parts of the western and southwestern U.S. were able to see an annular eclipse on Saturday. The next big eclipse comes in April 2024.

The crowd gathered at North Domingo Baca park clapped and cheered as the annular solar eclipse reached its totality Saturday morning. The "ring of fire" left by the sun still looked like daylight — just daylight viewed through tinted sunglasses.

Jim Urquhart/ReutersPeople across the Western Hemisphere were treated to an annular solar eclipse on Saturday, visible to millions across North, Central, and South America—an event that won’t occur again until 2039. NASA, whose livestream of the event had garnered nearly 7 million views by Saturday afternoon, describes an annular eclipse as what happens when the moon passes directly in front of the sun but does not completely obscure it. The result resembles a “ring of fire” suspended in the sky

The Boise State Physics Central Idaho Sky Reserve STEM Network held a viewing party of the solar eclipse and the clouds broke just enough for people to witness the ring of fire.

Today's solar eclipse is known as a "ring of fire" eclipse for the bright, blazing border that appears around the moon for as much as five minutes.