Stunning ‘Ring of Fire’ solar eclipse photos captured over NYC
NY Post
The early bird catches the solar eclipse.
New Yorkers were pounding the pavement a little earlier than usual on Thursday morning as they took to the streets to spot the first solar eclipse of 2021 — a “ring of fire” eclipse that was like a blazing halo in the dawn sky. Also called an “annular” eclipse — from the Latin root “anulus” meaning “ring” — the phenomenon occurs when the moon passes directly between the Earth’s line of sight towards the Sun. As the moon’s orbit is currently at one of its furthest points away from Earth, its passing has caused what appears as a black void in the middle of our solar system’s star — rather than the more familiar total solar eclipse.
The killing of Iran’s tyrannical Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday in an unprecedented joint military attack by the US and Israel called Operation Epic Fury set off widespread celebrations from Iranians around the world — as President Trump said it would give them their “greatest chance” to “take back the country.” Meanwhile, in Iran, a lack of internet has made it impossible for Iranians to easily communicate daily conditions. Over a period of three days, with limited VPN connection, an eyewitness currently in Tehran — who, for her safety, is concealing her identity — shared her account of life under a country in the midst of battle with The Post’s Natasha Pearlman.
After exactly 120 years, the curtain has fallen on the Theater District institution Barbetta, with the iconic Italian restaurant having served its final course Friday night.