Aw, man. I missed this. Great pics.
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs...sts_po-organic
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertain...eb5bb-91331958
It feels like because of our dense, light-drenched urban environment, New York City often misses out on seeing certain natural phenomena. But not so this morning: NYC got a front-row view of a stunning "ring of fire" solar eclipse...not that you or I bothered waking up to see it.
NASA explains that the event, which is known as an annular solar eclipse, happens when the moon is at its farthest point from the Earth, so it passes in front of the sun but doesn't block out the entire sun, leaving a "ring of fire" halo on the edges. As Jackie Faherty, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History, told Space.com, it is like "the 'Death Star' is in front of the sun as it's rising."
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