On the morning of Oct. 14, an Annular Solar Eclipse can be viewed all over the state of Utah. While the “ring of fire” visual — that comes with the annular totality of the moon crossing the sun — can only be viewed in parts of Central and Southern Utah, those in Cache Valley will still have the opportunity to view a rare partial eclipse.
James Coburn, laboratory supervisor for Utah State University’s Observatory, said eclipses like these happen every year and half or so. But they can only be seen from certain locations. This year, for the first time since 2012, an annular eclipse will be viewable from Utah.
“We won’t have the ring of fire, but we’ll get a nice ‘C’ shape as the moon covers most of the sun from our perspective here in Cache Valley, and then it will shift to an upside-down ‘U’ as it goes across,” Coburn said.
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