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Annular solar eclipse seen in Lamesa
Annular solar eclipse seen in Lamesa

Out-of-towners usually come here either for the Chicken Fried Steak Festival, on their way to somewhere else before stopping just long enough to get gas or lunch; or to see their kid play against the varsity football team.They don’t usually visit for the astronomy.But at least one couple did travel all the way from their home in California to see something that North America won’t see again for 17 years: an annular solar eclipse.It seems Saturday’s annular solar eclipse’s wide shadowy swath, traveling from Canada through nine U.S. states, Mexico and Central and South America, was right over Lamesa’s neighborhood.It ...

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