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Connie asked if anyone had observed an annular eclipse.

I observed the one on May 30, 1984 that crossed through the Gulf States.
I was located near the Alabama/Mississippi state line outside Fruitdale,
Alabama.  The 1984 annular event was nearly total, more than 99% of the
Sun's disk was blocked.  The increasing darkness caused nearby cattle
to go to the barn, a turkey buzzard to leave a road kill possum and roost
in a tree, and scared by then 16 month old son.  It was not dark enough
to see other stars, at least in the portion of the sky that I viewed.

This eclipse will be much less dark, since the maximum blockage is less
than 90%.  Still for those along the path of annularity, the opportunity
to observe a ring of sunlight should not be missed.  I'm lucky this time,
the path comes right across central Indiana.

Howard Brooks
DePauw University
hlbrooks@depauw.edu