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Daisy Dobrijevic

MYSTERIOUS: 1 week until annular solar eclipse turns the sun into a dramatic ring of fire | Mind Blowing Facts

A red sunset sky with an annular solar eclipse "ring of fire" and silhouetted birds flying across in the foreground. .

On Wednesday, Oct. 2, an annular solar eclipse will be visible over parts of the Pacific Ocean, southern Chile and southern Argentina. 

Though the path of annularity — a 165 to 206-mile (265 to 331-kilometer) wide route where the moon will cover up to about 93% of the sun's disk — passes over a small portion of land, eager eclipse chasers unable to watch in person will be able to follow along here on Space.com's solar eclipse live blog and watch the action unfold via numerous livestreams. Details of which will be released closer to the time. 

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