This Saturday we will be witnessing the first of two solar eclipses coming to Texas within the next year. Although they will both be solar eclipses, they will be very different in the way they will look during the height of the eclipse. For the 2023 solar eclipse it is known as an Annular Eclipse. An Annular solar eclipse is different than Totality in that it occurs when the Moon is closer to its maximum distance from Earth in its orbit. If an eclipse happens during this situation, the Moon will appear visually smaller than the Sun and its shadow cast will not be long enough to reach Earth. This can also be known as the “Ring of Fire” and it takes about an hour and a half, as it goes from the partial phase, followed by a mesmerizing four-minute display of the sun forming a radiant ring, to being surrounded by darkness. The eclipse then gradually transitions back to a partial phase

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