Photos: The 'Ring of Fire' annular eclipse
The moon passes between Earth and the sun during a rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse on Saturday October 14 in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
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In photos: The 'Ring of Fire' annular eclipse

Updated 2337 GMT (0737 HKT) October 14, 2023

The moon passes between Earth and the sun during a rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse on Saturday October 14 in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
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An annular solar eclipse created a "ring of fire" in the skies over North, Central and South America on Saturday.

The celestial phenomenon occurs when the moon is at the farthest point in its orbit from Earth as it crosses in front of the sun, so it can't completely block the sun. Instead, the sun's fiery light surrounds the moon's shadow, creating the so-called ring of fire.

While the annular eclipse was visible to those within the 125-mile-wide path, millions outside of it were also able to glimpse a crescent-shaped partial solar eclipse.

Explore our gallery to see images of the eclipse, which won't cross over some of these areas again until 2046.

The Flores family watches the eclipse in Kerrville, Texas.
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Viewers use special eclipse glasses to watch from San Antonio, Texas.
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The eclipse is seen through a special protective glass at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.
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Diners in San Antonio, Texas, observe the eclipse through protective glasses.
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Hot air balloon operators create a "ring of fire" with their gondola burners at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Crowds gather to watch the solar eclipse at a museum in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
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Multiple exposures were combined to produce this image of the eclipse's stages, as seen from Bluff, Utah.
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People use a box pinhole projector to watch the annular solar eclipse in Bogota, Colombia.
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A woman uses a kitchen tool to cast the shadow of the sun on a white board in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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The eclipse pokes through the clouds during a watch party at the Fleischmann Planetarium in Reno, Nevada.
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People observe the solar eclipse from Bicentenario Park in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador.
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Blind people experience the annular eclipse through sound by using a device called LightSound in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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People watch the solar eclipse along the Las Vegas Strip.
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A man observes the eclipse in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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People gather to watch the eclipse at Monument Valley in the Navajo Nation, Arizona.
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The eclipse is seen from Penonome, Panama.
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