It's celestial showtime on Thursday as much of the Northern Hemisphere gets to witness a solar eclipse.

This particular event is what's termed an annular eclipse. It will see the Moon move across the face of our star but not completely block out the light coming from it.

Instead, there will be just a thin sliver of brilliance left to shine around the Sun's disc.

The best of the action will be in the Arctic.

Yes, not many people live there, but a good portion of the globe will still get treated to a partial eclipse where the Moon appears to take a big bite out of the Sun.

This will include the eastern United States and northern Alaska, along with much of Canada, Greenland, and parts of Europe and Asia.

In the UK, the most favourable place to watch, in terms of the percentage of the Sun's disc that gets covered up, will be in Scotland - somewhere like Lerwick in the Shetland Islands (11:27 BST), or Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis (11:18 BST)

These places will see about 40% of the Sun eclipsed.

But even down south, in London (11:13 BST) for example, 20% of the star will be covered over.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57420056

At the moment, where I am, it's too cloudy to view the eclipse!

Reminds me of something that happened shortly after the death of Johnny Cash.

The boys over at Preparation-H were working on a new ad campaign, and they wanted to get a license to use Johnny’s signature tune Ring of Fire as the ad jingle.  ;D

"Ring of Fire" plays in the background as the camera pans an apartment, with a briefcase and shoes scattered on the floor. Suddenly, the bathroom door opens and a relieved woman in a business suit walks out, leaving a tube of Preparation H lying on the countertop. The commercial ends with a closeup of the tube.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/564514/johnny-cash-ring-of-fire-almost-advertised-hemorrhoid-cream

Johnny’s estate refused!

Reminds me of something that happened shortly after the death of Johnny Cash.

The boys over at Preparation-H were working on a new ad campaign, and they wanted to get a license to use Johnny’s signature tune Ring of Fire as the ad jingle.  ;D

"Ring of Fire" plays in the background as the camera pans an apartment, with a briefcase and shoes scattered on the floor. Suddenly, the bathroom door opens and a relieved woman in a business suit walks out, leaving a tube of Preparation H lying on the countertop. The commercial ends with a closeup of the tube.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/564514/johnny-cash-ring-of-fire-almost-advertised-hemorrhoid-cream

Johnny’s estate refused!


I just viewed the eclipse, but could not get a decent photo

Too cloudy here to get anything decent. But it was only a partial. I got up earlier and went to the lake where I had a decent view to the northeast.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11DBB/production/_118874137_eclpisegreenock.png

Some parts of the world have seen the annular eclipse or so-called ring of fire in full, but from the UK there has been a partial solar eclipse.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57426005