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This Texas beach has the best views of the 2023 annular solar eclipse appeared on www.chron.com by Ariana Garcia.
Head to South Texas for the longest view of the ‘ring of fire’ this year.
Texas’s Padre Island National Seashore will have the longest view of this year’s annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, according to Space.com.
RoschetzkyIstockPhoto/Getty Images/iStockphotoIf you’re on the hunt for the perfect place to watch this year’s solar eclipse in the Lone Star State, look no further. On Oct. 14, an annular solar eclipse or “ring of fire,” which occurs when the moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far from Earth to complete obscure it, will grace the Texas skies—the first annular solar eclipse to be visible in the U.S. since May 20, 2012. Per a report from Space.com, the best site to get longest view possible of the celestial event will be at Corpus Christi’s Whitecap Beach, located at the northern end of Texas’s Padre Island National Seashore. This is all weather permitting, of course.
At this coveted spot along the Gulf of Mexico, the rare view will last a whopping 4 minutes and 52 seconds. However, as noted by Space.com, the Padre Island National Seashore has been cloudy on this day 65 percent of the time since 2000. At Whitecap Beach, the eclipse—which will only be visible from eight states from Oregon to Texas—will be visible at 11:56 p.m. CT, 49 degrees above the south-southeast horizon if skies are clear.
Other scenic locations across the U.S. offering promising views of the spectacle, according to Space.com, are Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, Lava Beds National Monument in California, Great Basin National Park in Nevada, Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, as well as Natural Bridges National Monument and Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in Arizona. They were chosen for their low humidity and historically good chances of clear skies.
In Texas, San Antonio, which is located along the path of annularity, will have a front seat to the “ring of fire.” It will be be visible there at 11:52 a.m. CT, with the view of the eclipse lasting 4 minutes and 5 seconds, according to Space.com. The Alamo City will also have ideal views for the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse. Unfortunately, the “ring of fire” and next year’s solar eclipse will not be visible in Houston. Instead, the Bayou City will witness a partial solar eclipse during both dates.
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