The majority of North and South America experienced at least a partial glimpse of the annular solar eclipse that occurred on Saturday morning (Oct. 14). An annular
eclipse describes when the moon orbits in front of the sun, but does not block the full circle, leaving a ‘ring of fire’ at the time of maximum eclipse. While solar eclipses typically
happen once, or even twice a year somewhere on the globe, the occurence of one being visible from any one location can be rare. The next time the maximum shadow of a total or
annular eclipse will pass over Canada will be on April 8, 2024, after which Canadians will have to wait until 2044, when the path of totality is calculated to pass over a large swath
of the Canadian Prairies