Annular Eclipse..."The Ring Of Fire"

It's not everyday you get to see a solar eclipse, and even more rare to see an Annular eclipse, "The Ring Of Fire," or a total eclipse of the sun so when the opportunity came on May 20th we jumped at the chance. We hosted a little eclipse viewing party.

We constructed the necessary box for viewing...even in an eclipse it's dangerous to look directly at the sun.

We were happy to see our box actually work. Bob and I were able to see the beginning of the eclipse before the clouds rolled in, just as everyone else showed up.


We played a few lawn games and ate "solar eclipse cookies" while we waited and hoped the clouds would part.


As luck would have it just about the time the eclipse peaked the clouds parted for about 5 minutes. We were all able to quickly catch a glimpse of the "ring of fire" thanks to Uncle Brad's welding helmet...


And our box viewer!









It turned out to be a great evening and a rare sighting!