On Saturday, Oct. 14, an annular solar eclipse will cross over much of the United States.

Source: https://collegian.com/articles/featured/2023/10/category-science-ring-of-fire-eclipse-will-be-the-last-for-16-years/

The detailed QW structure in the radial direction is further revealed by the high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) image in Figure 1(c).

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-multiwavelength-quantum-nanowire-array-micro-led.html

This creates a “ring of fire” effect in the sky at points along the path of the annular solar eclipse in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Source: https://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/the-partial-solar-eclipse-is-this-weekend/article_dcef7830-679c-11ee-8169-8f7e6d19feec.html

“This is a really unique event and why we’re so excited about it is that the next total eclipse happens in April 2024 but then not again until 2044, and the next annular eclipse seen in this part of the country is actually going to be in 2046.

Source: https://www.mycentraloregon.com/2023/10/12/the-ring-of-fire-solar-eclipse-is-coming-heres-how-to-watch-this-weekend/

This table shows the start times of the annular eclipse for cities in its path across the U.S., with surrounding areas experiencing a partial eclipse before and after these times.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/ring-fire-solar-eclipse-october-2023-how-to-see-1850891678

Unlike in New Delhi where the worst air quality problems are man-made, fueled by farmers burning the remnants of the harvests, in the US forest fires – an annular feature of summer and late spring – are responsible.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/new-york-tops-new-delhi-in-air-pollution-level/