MACON, Ga. — Aside from the cloudy day on Saturday, a few central Georgians had the chance to see the ring of fire up in the sky.
Solar eclipses are annular when the moon is farthest away from Earth. From Earth, the moon looks smaller. The moon is too small to cover the entire sun, even if they are directly in front of one another. A 'ring of fire' will surround the moon. Despite the eclipse being annular, it is still dangerous to look directly into the sun or an eclipse of any magnitude.
In Macon, people had the opportunity to see the change at the Museum of Arts and Sciences.
Inside the museum, you could see a 3D rendering of the moon.
Some people even created their own pair of sunglasses or brought their own homemade viewing box to see the crossover.
"The eclipse is basically a very rare event, only happens twice a year on the surface of the earth. When the moon actually gets between the sun and the earth, and we earthlings it appears to us that we're losing the sun or part of it, but that only lasts about an hour and eventually comes back," said Paul Fisher, Curator of Science.
It will be 2039 before another ring of fire is visible in the US.