All eyes will be on the skies across Texas on Saturday as the state is treated to a front-row view of a solar eclipse.
It's called an annular eclipse, or sometimes the "Ring of Fire" eclipse because the disk of the moon won't be quite large enough to completely cover the disk of the sun leaving a black middle surrounded by the circle of the sun's blazing light.
The eclipse arrives from the northwest, passing through a half-dozen other states before arriving in Texas near the southeast corner of New Mexico.
The path will be about 100 miles wide, running through Odessa to the southeast toward Kerrville and San Antonio, continuing through Corpus and out into the Gulf.
National Weather Service - Fort Worth
National Weather Service - Fort Worth
Some estimates say as many as 300,000 to 500,000 people will visit the Texas Hill Country to view the eclipse. EMS and Volunteer Fire Departments there will be staffed up for emergencies and with all those visitors using mobile phones, communications could be hampered.
Viewing should be great over the whole path. Weather forecasts for Saturday expect mostly blue sky and sunshine from Odessa to the Gulf.
North Texas will not see the full eclipse. Perhaps 80 - 85% of the sun will be blocked.
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