An excuse to write.
This event will be on Monday, May 21, 2012 early morning, here in the Philippines. a) This will be an ANNULAR eclipse, meaning at the moment the moon crosses the front of the sun, it won't cover it completely and thus a ring will form in the sky. Now, you might think "Well, there's ALWAYS a ring formed around the sun in solar eclipses that are not annular or total...yes but that ring is formed by the corona, and NOT the actual surface of the sun. The reason why the ring this ...