Solar_eclipse_of_June_10,_2002
Solar eclipse of June 10, 2002
21st-century annular solar eclipse
An annular solar eclipse occurred on Monday, June 10, 2002. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Annularity was visible in Indonesia, Palau (Kayangel Atoll), Northern Mariana on June 11 (Tuesday), and the western tip of Jalisco, Mexico, on June 10 (Monday). This eclipse was during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The closest apogee occurred on June 4, 2002. It was the first annular solar eclipse visible in the Pacific in 6 months.
It was partially visible in some areas of the United States; in Ventura, in southern California, some observation stations were set up for public viewing.[1] In Palm Desert, in the Coachella Valley, it was clearly visible, and it "got dark, it got cool, and it got eerie".[2]A "solar eclipse party" in Fresno drew around 400 attendees,[3] and as far north as Napa Valley, dozens of people went outside to watch the eclipse.,[4] and it was visible in Utah.[5] Canada's National Post predicted a "substantial crowd" for Vancouver, despite the eclipse there being less than 60%;[6] even in Victoria, where the eclipse was as low as 30%, dozens attended a show at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.[7]
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