My name is ABC and the picture I chose to discuss is “Ring of Fire over Mountain Valley.” I chose this picture because of its amazing illustration and background. The picture represents the wonders of nature that human beings try to explain using science. It is wonderful to discover how nature keeps some events happening but the only thing we can do is to explain them. This picture shows rings of fire during an annular eclipse. The picture was taken on May 9, 2012 in the South Western United States at Monument Valley as the annular mid-eclipse was in progress. The annular solar eclipse appeared in Western Australia and proceeded to appear in the United States at sunrise on May 10, 2012.
The picture shows clear rings of fire representing an annular mid-eclipse in progress over the valley before sunset. In the course of the eclipse, rings of fire appear since the moon silhouette does not completely cover the sun. The moon appears as a silhouette because of its nature in the new moon period. The moon silhouette is the description of its appearance during the eclipse which looks like a shadow or an image reflected at the sun. This happens because the eclipse takes place a few days after a lunar apogee. The appearance of the rings is not witnessed all over the world but in few regions that experience the annular mid-eclipse phase. In regions where the rings appear, they last for a varied period of time but do not exceed six minutes. They are visible along a shadow track at the horizon just like the appearance shown on the picture. This is one of the most spectacular images of our fascinating universe to have ever caught my eyes and I could not avoid studying it.