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[gertrudecloset]

Northerners and many in the Eastern parts of North America are in for a once in a lifetime treat when the "Annular Eclipse at 5:24a.m. The farther North you live, the better your chances of viewing this partial eclipse.

Early on the morning of June 10, an eerie and most unusual sight awaits residents who live around the northern Great Lakes, eastward to across New York state, New England and southeast Canada. At least four-fifths of the sun's diameter will be eclipsed by the dark disk of the moon as the sun ascends above the east-northeast horizon. 

https://www.nasa.gov/content/june-10-2021-eclipse

[godi]

I get so excited for these things and in Pennsylvania it always gets socked in with clouds and we never get to see. Fingers crossed 🤞 for clear skies here. 

[queendiva]

I drove to a nearby mountaintop early this morning to see the solar eclipse.

I did catch the beginning from my good vantage point, but then the cloud cover became greater and obscured my view.

Bad timing!

[catter70]

I went out about 5:20 a.m. and stayed out until about 5:50 and saw nothing. A bit cloudy in my part of PA. I'm bummed out. Guess I'll have to see it online.

[LindaSal]

We had a mostly clear morning with a pretty sunrise.  We went outside to try to view but we didn't see anything at all???   We're in RI.  We usually get a good view of things if it's clear as we are high up on a hill.

[golding76]

I was up but had not checked the ideal time to look for this Fire Eclipse and otherwise remained uncurious (very unlike me!).  Now I regret not hustling to look and see the event.

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.

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[gertrudecloset]

@golding76beautiful photos.  I heard my weatherman explaining yesterday that it would be about cloud cover if you'd be able to see it.  The pictures you provided are beautiful.  I was asleep a 5:24a.m.  I would not have been able to see it in real time.

Thank you so much for the photos.

[4kitties]

@golding76 

Thank you so much for posting these photos!

I love these sort of events and was up very early this morning but could see nothing here.  Your photos made up for my missing it!