#solareclipse2026 — Public Fediverse posts

"The Moon’s shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it" by @arstechnica / Stephen Clark - A space reporter shares his experience and some of his photos of the Aug 12, 2026 total solar eclipse from north-central Spain. Even in a rural spot, there were cheering crowds when totality arrived. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/the-moons-shadow-raced-across-the-heart-of-spain-and-i-was-there-to-see-it/ #eclipse #SolarEclipse2026😎 #TotalSolarEclipse🌣 #astronomy 👀 #space #spacegeek #EclipseChaser

2026 August 19

The Case of the Mysterious Maybe Meteor
* Video Credit: Juan Pablo Castañeda
* Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)
https://kerockcliffe.com/
* H/t: William Cooke, David Lee, Peter Brown, Denis Vida, Peter Jenniskens
https://sma.nasa.gov/sma-disciplines/meteoroid-environments
https://physics.uwo.ca/people/faculty_web_pages/brown.html
https://space.uwo.ca/people/our-members/vida-denis/index.html
https://www.seti.org/people/peter-jenniskens/

Explanation: Whatdunit? What disappeared while crossing a partially eclipsed Sun? Let’s present the evidence. The 24 frames-per-second video was taken in Spain (40°34'30.3"N 1°12'28.8"W) at 20:28 local time on August 12, 2026. The Perseids meteor shower was at its peak during this time. Is this a meteor? Meteor showers trace back to a region of the sky called a radiant point that corresponds to where the Earth is crossing a comet’s path. The object’s path might trace back to the Perseids’ radiant point in the Perseus constellation. The object trails a smaller angle on the sky than the 0.5 degree Sun and Moon, which is smaller than expected for a meteor. Its brightness does not extend much past the Sun, but a meteor burning up in the sky would not need sunlight to be seen. Perhaps the sunlight is reflecting off of the object? After cross-referencing the location, time, and point in the sky with a flight database, the culprit is found to be an airplane contrail!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whodunit
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/perseids/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250816.html
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/r/Radiant
https://app.astrobin.com/u/OgetayKayali?i=jazfxj
https://noirlab.edu/public/education/constellations/perseus/
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/a/Angular+Diameter
https://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/faqf/
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/@40.575,358.792?iso=20260812
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170404.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260819.html

#space #solareclipse2026 #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #NASA #education #apod

Great photo of the total solar eclipse on August 12th, 2026 as witnessed by #mpsgoettingen director Sami K. Solanki in Praia do Lago das Pontes, Spain.
#solareclipse #solareclipse2026

Great photo of the total solar eclipse on August 12th, 2026 as witnessed by #mpsgoettingen director Sami K. Solanki in Praia do Lago das Pontes, Spain.
#solareclipse #solareclipse2026

RE: https://mastodon.online/@astro_jcm/117094881267097165

Another shot from the same sequence, showing the diamond ring right before totality began.

In case you're wondering, in the original sequence I posted below, the castle was lit by the overall sky during the total phase, whereas here it's backlit by the still partially unobstructed Sun.

#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #eclipse2026 #SolarEclipse2026 #SolarEclipse #eclipse

#SolarEclipse2026 Thread https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/117091003957977533

RE: https://social.lol/@maotsu/117088432252379181

I recently shared a photo of the solar eclipse along with its story. I was going through my phone’s photo gallery and found this short video I recorded during the eclipse. You can see my photography setup and the incredible darkness all around me.🌑📷

#solareclipse #zaćmieniesłońca #eclipse2026 #astrofotografia #totalsolareclipse #zaćmienie #eclipsephotography #astronomia #diamondring #fotografia #solarcorona #kosmos #astrophotography #słońce #totality #fotografiapodróżnicza #astronomy #hiszpania #space #solareclipse2026 #niebo #eclipse #spain #zjawiskaastronomiczne #sun #photography

2026 August 17

A Golden Corona Eclipse
* Image Credit & Copyright: Rui Santos (Living Impressions
https://livingimpressions.online/
https://www.instagram.com/living.impressions/

Explanation:
This total solar eclipse appeared not only poetically beautiful but scientifically interesting. Usually the solar corona appears white, and to some observers the corona of last week's total solar eclipse did appear this pearly color. But this time, totality observers in Spain saw a corona that appeared unusually golden. For one reason, from Spain, the totality occurred when the setting Sun was near the horizon. That low, sunlight travels through a large amount of air which scatters out blue light. An unusual amount of smoke in the air from nearby forest fires acted as a second filter, further scattering the remaining blue tones and deepening the already gold-dominated light. The HDR-processed, multiple-exposure featured image was captured from Benavente, Spain last week. One thing that did not appear golden was a hydrogen-glowing prominence that hovered over the Sun's left edge -- its original bright pink color survived.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230516.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260814.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
https://www.optics4kids.org/what-is-optics/scattering/why-is-the-sky-blue-why-are-sunsets-red
https://www.optics4kids.org/what-is-optics/scattering/why-is-the-sky-blue-why-are-sunsets-red
https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1215895183/photo/portrait-of-a-ginger-cat-the-cat-in-the-medical-face-mask-outdoors-medical-concept.jpg
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@-5.9,35.0,3.1z
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260730.html
https://science.nasa.gov/ems/09_visiblelight/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range
https://www.instagram.com/p/Db_yz70jS86/
https://youtu.be/GqtSSkrpk6E
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen-alpha
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230801.html
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170912.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260817.html

#space #sun #earth #moon #solareclipse #solareclipse2026 #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #physics #nature #NASA #apod

'
Watcher of the Skies Genesis, 1973
Watcher of the skies, watcher of all
His is a world alone, no world is his own
He whom life can no longer surprise
Raising his eyes, beholds a planet unknown

#photography #solareclipse2026 #eclipse #people

What an amazing #SolarEclipse we witnessed this week! I photographed it from Peñafiel in the north of #Spain, home to a beautiful castle that provided the perfect foreground for the spectacular #eclipse. No picture can do it justice though: there's no substitute to actually seeing a total eclipse in person.

#astronomy #astrophotography #photography #eclipse2026 #SolarEclipse2026

Very eerie lighting at 95%

(Bit later than this pic)

Between talking w neighbour, sharing the glasses and being jumped on by their dogs, I'd stopped taking photos - and forgot to take one through the glasses film.

Hey, there's always next August - another total eclipse in southern Spain!

(tiny white crescent is my camera lens - shows the eclpse reversed)

#SolarEclipse2026 #astronomy #PhotoOfTheDay

I didn't have eclipse glasses, so was just watching on my phone and camera screens - the lens flare artifact showed the slowly eclipsing sun!

(My neighbours showed up near the peak, and they HAD eclipse glasses!

They were kind enough to share..

#SolarEclipse2026 #SolarEclipse #PhotoOfTheDay #astronomy

oh boy was I unprepared for the #apocalypse, sorry #eclipse, so at least I took a picture through those special glasses some other watchers of the cosmic spectacle shared with me

#solareclipse #solareclipse2026 #sofi #sofi2026 #sonnenfinsternis

2026 August 14

Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland
* Image Credit & Copyright: Aditya Madhavan

Explanation:
On August 12, the Moon's shadow reached out to touch our fair planet. Beginning in the Arctic Ocean, it swept along a narrow track that led the dark lunar umbra across parts of Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, Portugal, and northern Spain. And for a moment, denizens of Earth who found themselves with clear skies under the shadow of the Moon could witness a total solar eclipse. After dodging the weather by sea and making a landing along Rype Fjord on the Greenland east coast 71.07055N, 27.71252W), this hard-won snapshot was captured at 17:33:26 UTC. That's near the initial landfall of the path of totality, so the image is likely one of the first views of the totally eclipsed Sun. Through a break in the clouds, the stunning photo also records one of this eclipse's transient diamond rings and the magnificent solar corona emerging near the moment totality began.
https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/total-solar-eclipse-on-august-12-2026/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260813.html
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27992/a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/stops-along-the-path-of-totality/
https://www.mreclipse.com/Special/SEprimer.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240420.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250612.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260814.html

#space #sun #earth #moon #solareclipse #solareclipse2026 #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #physics #nature #NASA #apod

As well as shooting the eclipse using the OM System OM-1, I wanted to see how a smart phone would handle it. And it came out a lot better than I thought it would.

📍 Elizabeth Tower, aka Big Ben • London • UK.
📷 Leitzphone by Xiaomi • K&F ND1000 filter.
⏱️ ISO 320 • 1/335 • f/2.96.

#Photography #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BigBen #London #SolarEclipse #Eclipse #Eclipse2026 #SolarEclipse2026 #PhonePhotography #Leitzphone #Xiaomi #LeicaCamera

Die Sonne wird zu einer Sichel.
Fotografiert durch die SoFi-Brille.

© E.Moerova | MPIfR

#Sonnenfinsternis2026 #SoFi2026 #SolarEclipse2026

Another one from yesterday's #solareclipse. The almost moon-like sun over the silhouette of the #Taunus hills. Best viewed in landscape mode on a smartphone.

#photography #photo #fotografie #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #eclipse #solareclipse2026 #eclipse2026 #fineart #fineartphotography #fujifilm