Touted as a “ring of fire” eclipse, the show above Iqaluit at just after 6 a.m. on Thursday morning resembled something more along the lines of a smoke ring due to cloud cover. The annular eclipse, named for its annulus or ring shape, lasted just over three minutes but could only be seen for brief moments between clouds and snow flurries. (File photo by Dustin Patar)
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As a science and astronomy buff, Iqaluit resident Ryan Girvin didn’t let a little bit of cloud cover prevent him from seeing the “ring of fire” solar eclipse on display in the northern sky Thursday morning.
People living in hamlets that were in the path of a 2017 tsunami have known that an even bigger wave could be in their future. New calculations suggest previous estimates of its size were too low.