What is a solar eclipse?
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What is a solar eclipse?

Over the next seven months, two eclipses will be visible in North Texas. The first, an annular solar eclipse, will arrive this Saturday. NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevan Smith explains what a solar eclipse is.

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