Crowds donned protective glasses to see the moon move across the face of the sun.
Groups gathered across the Bay Area, including a viewing event at Stanford University. Crowds donned protective glasses to see the moon move across the face of the sun.
An annular solar eclipse is different from a total eclipse as the moon appears smaller than the sun due to its orbit. The moon during a total eclipse appears larger and completely blocks the sun from view.
While viewers in the Bay Area saw a crescent sun during the eclipse, those viewing along the route of “totality” were able to witness a spectacular “ring of fire.” The sun’s edges glow red past the smaller moon.
Lesley and Lyric Dawson, left and center, and Iyanis Ludwig use their special glasses to view the eclipse during a viewing event, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at Stanford University. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) A spectator gasps as clouds part revealing the annular eclipse during a sky viewing event, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, on the intramural fields at Stanford University. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) The annular eclipse becomes viewable briefly through the clouds during a viewing event, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, on the intramural fields at Stanford University. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Spectators use special glasses to enjoy the annular eclipse as it becomes visible during a viewing event, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, on the intramural fields at Stanford University. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) An annular eclipse peaks through on overcast sky above Walnut Creek, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) Gray Chang of Palo Alto uses a colander as a pinhole camera to view the crescent suns projected on his pants during an eclipse viewing event at Stanford University, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Gray Chang of Palo Alto uses a colander as a pinhole camera to view the crescent suns projected on his pants during an eclipse viewing event at Stanford University, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Creighton Voon, 14, discusses the hydrogen telescope brought by the San Jose Astronomical Association for spectators to use during an eclipse viewing event, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at Stanford University. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) The moon moves in front of the sun during an annular solar eclipse, or ring of fire, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, as seen from San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Visitors watch an annular solar eclipse briefly shine hrough layers of clouds from Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) An annular solar eclipse briefly shines through layers of clouds from Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Calif., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Viewers use special glasses to watch from San Antonio, as the moon moves in front of the sun during an annular solar eclipse, or ring of fire, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) The reflection of the annular eclipse is seen through a special telescope in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 14, 2023. Skygazers across the Americas turned their faces upward Saturday for a rare celestial event: an annular solar eclipse. (Photo by Ricardo ARDUENGO / AFP) (Photo by RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images) People watch the moon pass between Earth and the sun during a rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) This multi-exposure image shows the annular solar eclipse as seen from the Pierre & Marie Curie School in Managua on October 14, 2023. (Photo by OSWALDO RIVAS / AFP) (Photo by OSWALDO RIVAS/AFP via Getty Images) Muslim men watch the solar eclipse through safety glasses after a special ‘Kusoof’ prayer at the campus of the Faculty of Astronomy of Muhammadiah University of North Sumatra (UMSU) in Medan, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. People along a swath of southern Asia gazed at the sky in marvel on Thursday at a “ring of fire” solar eclipse. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) Children watch solar eclipse reflected on the base of a telescope in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The lucky few people in its path either saw the darkness of a total eclipse or a “ring of fire” as the sun peeked from behind the new moon. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi) Indonesian women use protective glasses to watch the solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The lucky few in the path of the hybrid solar eclipse would either get plunged into the darkness of a total eclipse or see a “ring of fire” as the sun peeks out from behind the moon. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) The Moon crosses in front of the Sun over Albuquerque, New Mexico, during an annular eclipse on October 14, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) FILE – Youths wear protective glasses to watch a hybrid solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2023. On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse _ better known as a ring of fire _ will briefly dim the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. Proper protection is needed throughout the eclipse, from the initial partial phase to the ring of fire to the final partial phase. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File) People use a box pinhole projector to watch the annular solar eclipse in Bogota on October 14, 2023. Skygazers across the Americas turned their faces upward Saturday for a rare celestial event: an annular solar eclipse. (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images) A man uses a welding mask to watch the annular solar eclipse in Bogota on October 14, 2023. Skygazers across the Americas turned their faces upward Saturday for a rare celestial event: an annular solar eclipse. (Photo by JUAN BARRETO / AFP) (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images) The moon moves in front of the sun during an annular solar eclipse, or ring of fire, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, as seen from San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) People watch a “ring of fire” solar eclipse in Tatacoa Desert, Colombia, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. The annular eclipse dimmed the skies over parts of the western U.S. and Central and South America. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
