An annular solar eclipse was watched across the U.S. on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.

An annular eclipse happens when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun and temporarily blocks sunlight from reaching the Earth.

Areas from Oregon southeastward to Texas were direcly in the path and saw the whole eclipse, which displayed a “ring of fire” effect where the Sun is totally obscured except for around the edges.

Others around the U.S. were treated to a partial eclipse, in which the whole sun was not obscured but only a piece of it.

NOAA satellites saw the whole thing, however, and tracked the shadow of the eclipse across the globe on Saturday.

Here is what they saw:

The dark spot moving across the image was the shadow of the moon.

Here is the eclipse from a different vantage point on the West Coast:

Here’s one centered on Texas:

Here’s one more image from the GOES-West satellite:

Here’s an on-the-ground view of the light dimming in Texas — where the temperature also dropped during the eclipse:

The next eclipse will be on April 8, 2024, and will be a total solar eclipse.

According to NASA the April 2024 eclipse will be the last total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous United States until 2044.