The cosmos will align Saturday to create a solar eclipse that can be viewed from nearly all of North America and South America, the first of two solar eclipses that will be visible in the United States in a span of 177 days. The primary viewing zone for the annular solar eclipse in the U.S. will be across a narrow corridor from southern Oregon to southern Texas where the moon will cover the sun's center in a phenomenon nicknamed a "ring of fire." However, the remainder of the country will be abl