Vicksburg’s Annular eclipse viewing party
Published 4:59 pm Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Eclipse through special eye wear provided by the Vicksburg National Military Park. (Photo by Tracye Prewitt / Vicksburg Post)
Bill Ford and Eddie Pettis are enjoying the Annular Eclipse at the Vicksburg National Military Park. (Photo by Tracye Prewitt / Vicksburg Post)
Rangers were on hand to help Eclipse watchers do so safely. (Photo by Tracye Prewitt/ Vicksburg Post)
Beautiful viewing weather for Annular Eclipse at the VNMP (Photo by Tracye Prewitt/ Vicksburg Post)
Spectator trying to photograph eclipse using phone and eclipse glasses (Photo by Tracye Prewitt/ Vicksburg Post)
Taking photos of the annular eclipse through eclipse glasses and iphone was a chore. (photo by Tracye Prewitt /Vicksburg Post)
There was a nice crowd to witness the Annular Eclipse at the VNMP (photo by Tracye Prewitt / Vicksburg Post)
Beautiful viewing weather for Annular Eclipse at the VNMP (Photo by Tracye Prewitt/ Vicksburg Post)
Nice crowd at the VNMP for Annular Eclipse (Photo by Tracye Prewitt / Vicksburg Post)
The crescent moon shapes on my walkway are the annular eclipse. (photo by Tracye Prewitt / Vicksburg Post)
The crescent moon shapes on my walkway are the annular eclipse. (photo by Tracye Prewitt / Vicksburg Post)
An Annular eclipse was visible in Vicksburg on Saturday, but what is an Annular eclipse?
An Annular eclipse is when the moon is centered in front of the sun but doesn’t completely obscure the sun. Instead, a ring of sunlight is visible around the moon’s edges.
This circle of light is often referred to as the “ring of fire,” or annulus. In Vicksburg, the sun only covered 76.4 percent of the sun’s surface, so there was no ring of fire visible.
Our next solar eclipse will be the total eclipse in April 2024 when the moon will cover between 80-90% of the sun’s surface here in Vicksburg.
The Vicksburg National Military Park (VNMP) held an eclipse viewing event. The park wanted area residents as well as visitors to have a way to view the eclipse in a safe manner.
VNMP staff provided eclipse-viewing classes to everyone in attendance and also made eclipse-viewing educational for area children with eclipse workbooks.
The children who participated in the workbook program were sworn in and given a special Junior Ranger Badge.
One viewer said witnessing an eclipse made him understand why the ancient peoples of the world considered the sun a god. He said watching the eclipse gave him chill bumps.
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