LOUISVILLE, Ky. — If you find yourself with a certain Johnny Cash song stuck in your head on Saturday, there is good reason for it.
An annular solar eclipse will occur tomorrow, creating a spectacular “Ring of Fire” in the sky.
WHAS11 sat down with NASA expert Kelsey Young to explain how this phenomenon occurs.
"For an annular eclipse, the moon's just a little too far to totally block the disk of the Sun," she said. "So what you actually get is this Ring of Fire, a ring of the sun's light peeking out from the disk of the moon."
Although we won't get to see the complete ring here in Kentuckiana as we are far from the path of annularity, we aren't totally missing out.
Remember the popular video game Pac-Man?
Kelsey described what we will see in the sky as it looking like the moon is taking a bite out of the sun -- "Pac-Man-style." So even if you're not in the in the path of annularity, it's still absolutely worth your time to check it out."
NASA will also livestream the eclipse from start to finish so you can watch from the comfort of your home. Watch it in the video player above starting at 11:30 a.m.
You can still log on to NASA TV and see a live broadcast where you'll see all sorts of data and images and video of this event, and be able to hear experts talking about the event and learn a little something about it.
While we will have to wait unitl 2039 for the next "ring of fire" in the sky, the next total solar eclipse comes right on its heels in April 2024.
Unlike the annular eclipse, the total solar eclipse is when we will temporarily see the day turn to night for several minutes.
Kelsey noted that both celestial events are equally inspiring, and with different views. So we have a really unique opportunity in six months to see these sort of different sides of the same coin.
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