Annular solar eclipse 2024: Everything you need to know about the next solar eclipse

A good option would be to position yourself slightly south of a moai at multiple sites to get a view of the ring of fire just above one of the statues, according to the Atlas of Solar Eclipses — 2020 to 2045.

The chances of clouds that day are 75% for Rapa Nui/Easter Island,, 90% for Perito Moreno National Park, and 65% to 70% for locations on Argentina's Atlantic coast, according to Time and Date.

On Rapa Nui/Easter Island, the cooling of the land could cause convective clouds to dissipate, according to Eclipsophile, with the south coast statistically slightly favored.

The paths of 2024's two central solar eclipses cross on the equator, reflecting that they occur almost six months apart when Earth is tilted differently.

(Image credit: Xavier Jubier http://xjubier.free.fr)The Oct. 2, 2024, annular solar eclipse is special for three very different reasons.

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