On Oct. 2, the moon and sun will produce a dazzling "ring of fire" in the sky. The annular solar eclipse is going to be a sight to behold.
However, many of us will be nowhere near the path of annularity — a route that passes across the Pacific Ocean, southern Chile and southern Argentina. Instead we must look to the next best thing: livestreams! You'll find some information below about how to watch the event play out virtually, and in fact, you'll also be able to catch the eclipse action unfolding on our solar eclipse live blog . When the time comes, we will bring you views of the eclipse as they appear online as well as some on-the-ground reporting from a lucky few who will be there in person.
During an annular solar eclipse, the moon appears slightly smaller than the sun . As such, it doesn't block the entire solar disk like it would during a total solar eclipse . Instead, the moon's shadow covers most of the disk, leaving the outer rim, and resulting in a beautiful "ring of fire." On Oct. 2, the moon will cover approximately 93% of the sun's disk at the point of greatest eclipse.
You can watch the annular solar eclipse online and follow along with a livestream news feed courtesy of timeanddate.com .
The livestream will begin around 1:15 p.m. EDT (1715 GMT) on timeanddate's YouTube channel.
"Over the past few days, some of the world’s best astronomers and live streamers have been getting into position and making their final preparations for this event," Graham Jones, astrophysicist and science communicator at timeanddate told Space.com in an email.
"Our longtime partner Thomas Puzia is in the town of Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile. He's leading an expedition from the Institute of Astrophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile," Jones continued.
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Puzia and his team will be streaming from Puerto Río Tranquilo, next to General Carrera Lake in southern Chile. (Image credit: Thomas H. Puzia) Image 2 of 2
Puzia and his team will be streaming from Puerto Río Tranquilo, next to General Carrera Lake in southern Chile. (Image credit: Thomas H. Puzia)
"Meanwhile, Marcelo Domingues, part of a group led by Brazil's Observatório Nacional, arrived on Easter Island a few days ago. We first worked with Marcelo and his colleagues at last year's annular eclipse across Brazil," Jones explained.
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Domingues will be streaming from the Tahai site on Easter Island. (Image credit: Marcelo Domingues) Image 2 of 2
Domingues will be streaming from the Tahai site on Easter Island. (Image credit: Marcelo Domingues)
Watching in person
The "ring of fire" will be visible only within a path of annularity that passes across the Pacific Ocean, southern Chile and southern Argentina.
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