'Ring of fire' solar eclipse cuts across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil

LAUREN SEND IT BACK IN THE STUDIO. AARON THANK YOU WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS NOW BACK HERE AT HOME THE SPECTACLE IN THE SKY IS ON LOCAL ASTRONOMY BUFFS GATHERING AT GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY THIS MORNING TO EXPERIENCE THE RING OF FIRE ECLIPSE ON UP HERE OVER THIS PART OF THE WORLD AGAIN UNTIL 2046 HOUR LONG TIME OUT. SO KATE, HE LAYS OUT OF THIS WORLD GOT A GLOCK, THE GAL HERSELF JASMINE GOING TO LIVE AT THE ICONIC OBSERVATORY WITH MORE ON THIS SPECTACLE. WE HAVE OUR GLASSES READY. I CAN’T SEE YOU NOW,

BUT. LOOK THE LIFE MOURNING. I’VE I’VE GOT. YEAH, I’VE GOT MY GLASSES READY CAN YOU GUYS SEE ME YEAH GOT IS FOR SURE. I GOOD. THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON YOUR BIRTHDAY LAUREN HAPPY BIRTHDAY THING GOING ON THIS MORNING. BUT YES WE’RE MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE SOLAR ECLIPSE ALSO KNOWN AS THE RING OF FIRE ECLIPSE RIGHT HERE AT THE GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY IS THE BEST WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THIS AND WE’RE TOLD PEOPLE STARTED LINING UP AS EARLY AS 6.30 THIS MORNING TO TAKE IN THE VIEW TO LINE UP TO GET THEIR SPOT AND SO

WE CAN SEE THEY’RE ALL HERE THEY’RE SO EXCITED. THEY’VE GOT THEIR TELESCOPES OUT THEY’VE GOT THEIR PHONES GOT THEIR AND AND ABOUT 8 WE’RE

TOLD THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BUT I’M STANDING HERE WITH A GENTLEMAN MARK PINE WHOSE THE GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY A DIRECTOR TO KIND OF GIVE WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. WE’RE ALWAYS DELIGHTED WHEN THE SUN DOES SOMETHING. AND THE MOON IS GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE IT’S NOT ENTIRELY COVERING IT WHICH IS WHY IT’S ANNULAR ECLIPSE. IN LOS ANGELES, IT’S ONLY ABOUT 3 QUARTERS. SO EVENTUALLY AT 8 ’08 THE FIRST WILL

BITE WILL COME OUT OF THE SUN AND THE MOON WILL STEADILY MOVE IN FRONT OF THE SUN AND THEN AT 9.24 IT WILL COVER AS MUCH AS IT’S GOING TO IN LOS ANGELES. SO IT LOOKED LIKE A BIG BITES BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE SUN AND THEN THE MOON WILL MOVE OFF AND MORE AND MORE OF THE SUN WILL RECEDE AND THEN AT 1050 IT WILL BE OVER. AND YOU WERE TELLING US THE LAST TIME WE’VE SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS IN 2017. THAT’S CORRECT IN 2017 PEOPLE MAY REMEMBER GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE THAT RAN FROM

OREGON TO SOUTH CAROLINA. IN LOS ANGELES IT WAS ANOTHER PARTIAL ECLIPSE IT WAS A LITTLE LESS DEEP THAN THIS ONE SO THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY DEEPER THERE’S ANOTHER ECLIPSE IN APRIL 4/8/2024. THAT’S THE LAST TOTAL ECLIPSE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS THAT ONE RUNS FROM TEXAS UP INTO OHIO AND AGAIN IT WILL BE PARTIAL IN LOS ANGELES I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO CAN TRAVEL IN APRIL TO GO SEE A TOTAL ECLIPSE TO GO SEE A TOTAL ECLIPSE BUT NOW THEY CAN COME HERE AND THEY CAN WATCH MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO

BE LINING UP ALL ACROSS THIS LAWN THAT IS WE WE KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE ECLIPSE AND WE WANT TO HELP THEM DO IT ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS YOU SEE ALONG THE SIDEWALK. OUR TELESCOPES OPERATED BY OFFICIAL VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH US AND SO AND SOLAR FILTERS ON THEM SO YOU CAN HAVE A SAFE LOOK AT THE YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH GLASSES LIKE THE ONES YOU HAVE UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE ANYONE LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY WITHOUT PROPER PROTECTION AND WHEN I SAY THAT I MEAN NO WELDERS GLASS NOSE HOMEMADE THINGS NO SPECIAL DOUBLE

SUNGLASSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY PROTECT YOUR EYES, OKAY, WHY KNOW YOU GUYS PROBABLY CAN’T SEE MUCH OF WHAT’S GOING ON HERE SO WE’RE TRYING GET OUR SIGNAL TOGETHER BUT WE’RE HERE THIS MORNING FOR RING OF FIRE SOLAR ECLIPSE THAT’S JUST GOING TO BE BREATHTAKING AN AMAZING WE’RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT MARK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. GIVING GIVING US SOME OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO MAKE IT OUT HERE TO GRIFFITH PARK TO THE OBSERVATORY IF YOU GUYS CAN BUT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN HOLLYWOOD. WE’LL CHECK IN WITH YOU COMING

UP IN A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT A LIVE STREAM FROM. THE GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY AS THE ECLIPSE BEGINS THIS MORNING YOU CAN SEE AT THE VERY TOP ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THAT SLIGHT KIDDING IT’S HAPPENING IN REAL TIME THIS IS OF COURSE A SAFE WAY TO VIEW IT. THROUGH THIS LIVESTREAM YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT IT WITH YOUR BARE EYES AT THIS AND YOU NEED SPECIAL GLASSES TO DO SO. AND YOU CAN JUST STICK WITH US AND WATCH BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE COVERING IT WE’RE SEEING IT HERE ON THE

LIVE STREAM IT’S GOING TO PEAK, HE SAID AT 9.24 IS GOING TO BE THE GRAND FINALE BUT LOOK IT’S BEGINNING RIGHT THIS IS WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO HERE’S WHAT I’M PITCHING. YEAH. IS WE HAVE A BOX AND BOXES PICTURE IN PICTURE AT THE LITTLE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE SCREEN JUST ALIVE AND A CLIP THAT MUCH 2023. AND SO THE THE GLASS IS FROM THE GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY SOME OTHER PLACES, BUT IT’S SO