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'Ring of Fire': Annular eclipse can be seen in East Valley Sunday

Dirk Ewers

Ring of Fire Eclipse

This image provided by amateur astronomer Dirk Ewers, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, and taken from the Ellaidhoo island of the Maldives with a 1,950 millimeters refractor telescope through a Coronado SM90 filter at a shutter speed of 1/50 second shows an annular solar eclipse, which according to Ewers was visible a bit less than 11 minutes. Thousands of people in Africa and Asia viewed an eclipse as the moon crossed the sun's path blocking everything but a narrow, blazing rim of light. (dapd Photo/Dirk Ewers/Associated Press)

Sinan Hussain

APTOPIX Maldives Solar Eclipse

An annular solar eclipse is seen formed over the sky of Male, Maldives, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Thousands of people viewed the spectacle of the eclipse of the sun looking skywards through special filter eyeglasses as the moon crosses its path blocking everything but a narrow, blazing rim of light. (AP Photo/Sinan Hussain)

Rafiq Maqbool

India Solar Eclipse

An annular solar eclipse is seen formed over the skies in Dhanushkodi, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Thousands of people in southern India viewed the spectacle of an eclipse of the sun looking skywards through special filter eyeglasses as the moon crosses its path blocking everything but a narrow, blazing rim of light. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)