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PHOTOS: ‘Ring of fire’ seen as annular eclipse dazzles DC region

June 10, 2021, 7:38 AM

A crescent sun graced the skies across parts of the Northern Hemisphere on Thursday morning, as an annular solar eclipse took place — one in which the moon is far enough away from the Earth not to cover the sun completely, unlike 2017’s total eclipse, giving it a ring-like appearance. While the eclipse was visible in full for central Canada through the Arctic into northern Russia, D.C. and Baltimore had a chance to catch it in its final stages moments after sunrise.

See photos below from the Baltimore and D.C. regions, and throughout the U.S. East Coast.

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The final stages of an annular solar eclipse are seen from a Northwest D.C. rooftop shortly after sunrise on the morning of Thursday, June 10, 2021. (WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
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The final stages of an annular solar eclipse are seen from a Northwest D.C. rooftop shortly after sunrise on the morning of Thursday, June 10, 2021. (WTOP/Alejandro Alvarez)
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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JUNE 10: In this handout image provided by NASA, a partial solar eclipse is seen as the sun rises behind the Capitol Building on June 10, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. Northeast states in the U.S. will see a rare eclipsed sunrise, while in other parts of the Northern Hemisphere, this annular eclipse will be seen as a visible thin outer ring of the sun’s disk that is not completely covered by the smaller dark disk of the moon, a so-called “ring of fire”. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JUNE 10: In this handout image provided by NASA, a partial solar eclipse is seen as the sun rises behind the Capitol Building on June 10, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. Northeast states in the U.S. will see a rare eclipsed sunrise, while in other parts of the Northern Hemisphere, this annular eclipse will be seen as a visible thin outer ring of the sun’s disk that is not completely covered by the smaller dark disk of the moon, a so-called “ring of fire”. (Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images)
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A partial solar eclipse rises over the Baltimore skyline, Thursday, June 10, 2021, seen from Arbutus, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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A partial solar eclipse rises behind clouds, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Arbutus, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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The sun is partially eclipsed as it rises over lower Manhattan in New York, Thursday, June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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The sun is partially eclipsed as it rises over lower Manhattan in New York, Thursday, June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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The crescent sun peeks above the horizon in Long Branch, New Jersey, on June 10, 2021. (Courtesy Greg Redfern)

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