Since we had no special sunglasses or other equipment to look directly at the sun, we used binoculars:

One of several stunning pictures from the DailyMail:

The ring of fire: the rare annular eclipse as seen from Albequerqe, New Mexico, one of the western states where it was most visible

The ring of fire: the rare annular eclipse as seen from Albequerqe, New Mexico, one of the western states where it was most visible

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