Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Our spring member drive has ended, but it's not too late to give. You have the power to help fund the essential journalism that keeps us all informed. Help us close the gap on our spring fundraising goal! GIVE NOW

Kanarraville Recovers from Brush with Astronomical Fame

Life is just getting back to normal in the small Southern Utah town of Kanarraville -- population 355 -- after it hosted upwards of 15,000 people for Sunday's annular solar eclipse.

The small Iron County town sits right in the heart of the annular path, called the "sweet spot", guaranteeing a perfect Ring of Fire for 4 minutes on Sunday night.

Thousands of spectators descended on the town between Cedar City and St. George with telescopes, binoculars, special observational equipment, or just a pair of cheap eclipse-viewing glasses handed out for free by the Cedar City/Brian Head Tourism Bureau.

The next annular eclipse will take another path, so to have the sweet spot so nearby may have been a once-in-a-lifetime designation.