Tech – Metro | How to see the post-Christmas Boxing Day ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse

A view of an annular eclipse captured by a Nasa satellite (Image: Nasa)

Earth is about to be treated to the last solar eclipse of this decade.

The eclipse will cause a 'ring of fire' to appear in the sky and will be visible across much of the planet.

However, we won't be able to see the natural wonder here in the UK.

It will first become visible in Saudi Arabia at 3:43 GMT and the full spectacle will last for roughly three minutes.

Over the next three and a half hours the ring of fire will then become visible in other countries including southern India, Singapore, and Guam.

Skygazers in western Australia, most of Asia and parts of northeast Africa will also be able to see a partial eclipse.

The eclipse will be an 'annular' variety.

Nasa explained: 'In an annular solar eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to block out the entire Sun, leaving the Sun peeking out over the Moon's disk in a ring of fire.'

It offered the following advice about how to see the eclipse: 'The annular solar eclipse will become visible… along a thin path starting in Saudi Arabia and going through southern India, Singapore, and Guam.

'However, almost all of Asia with a clear sky will be able to see, tomorrow, at the least, a partial solar eclipse.'

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