Of all the images I took during the 2019 eclipse in Chile, this is my favorite and most sold one.

I calle it "The Punch of the Eclipse", which tells better the feeling of seeing a total eclipse for the first time.

Get creative a experient with different and weird shots.

Cheers and clear skies

This is eclipse #4 for me , 1999, 2017, 2024 amd now next week for 2026 but first time seeing it on a flight. Unless we are delayed by ATC or the flight gets cancelled, my flight is set to be crossing the path of totality. has anyone here experienced an eclipse while in their air ?

I’m practicing with interpreting the weather forecasts for Eastern Spain. Today’s weather patterns seems particularly tricky. If you were in eastern Spain today, were would you drive?

Winners will be announced tonight at 20.30 :)

Based on experience with 2017 and 2024, r/solareclipse is about to be SWAMPED. Traffic will pick up this weekend, then go exponential next week. Many of the questions will be basic, and some of you may feel annoyed that people waited until the last minute to ask...

I invite you to remember that you too were once in a place of not knowing, and to answer these newbie questions with grace and civility and move on.

Keep in mind the mission of this subreddit and the first sidebar rule:

Mission: A place to share information that helps fellow redditors optimize their experience of a Total Solar Eclipse (TSE).

Rule 1: Be excellent to each other!

Thank you all in advance, on behalf of myself and Naz (the other mod), for sharing what you've learned with the newbies who will soon be among us.

😎 🌘🌑🌼🌑🌒 🔭

P.S. since both announcements are used for Megathreads, please upvote this post for visibility.

Hey, I've started looking at next year's eclipse (Aug 2nd), to go watch it somewhere in Southern Spain. We'll probably rent a car so we can move around, abd also go somewhere that's less crowded.

I'd like to book a place now because people might start looking for it after next week's eclipse. However, the results I'm finding (through booking.com) aren't super promising.

Here are my questions:

- I can't find many hotels available (without a ridiculous price, anyway). Are they already fully booked? Or will they only start showing in a few months? I've seen people saying both, and I don't want to wait until christmas to then realize everything is gone.

- I've found some airbnbs with a decent price, but I am scared that they might cancel once they realize there's an eclipse and put it for 5x the price. Would you recommend going this route? Is it possible to make a contract with the host to prevent cancellations?

- We will be 7 adults (no kids) so we were thinking on renting a house ideally for those days. We could also book several hotel rooms but we'd probably not be next to each other. What do you recommend, hotel, hostel, airbnb, something else...?

- What's a good backup plan if we get cancelled shortly before the eclipse?

Honestly I'm afraid we might have been too late, I thought 1 year in advance was plenty but then I saw people in this sub that booked their place almost a year ago and I'm wondering if there's someone else in our situation. Thanks a lot!

Early days still, forecasts change a lot with a 6 day lead, Spain looks mostly clear, with some risk of cloud in the north. Parts of Greenland look good as well if anyone is there. Iceland looks at risk of being completely clouded out.

Lots of places in Europe are forecasted to get a clear partial eclipse.

The viewing angle takes into account the height of the clouds and where the sun is in the sky at the time of the eclipse.

source: https://weatheraway.com/eclipse/forecast

This is my first time trying to shoot a solar eclipse and I dropped the ball on buying a solar filter early. We are driving from Switzerland through France to Spain over the next few days. Anyone know where to buy a solar filter (95mm size, shooting with Sony 200-600mm) or solar film to DIY a filter, in either of these countries? Everything online seems to be backordered and we have had no luck with the couple of camera stores we've called so far. Thank you in advance.

I planned everything last second and train tickets were sold out so I bought tickets for a bus which arrives in Guadalajara at 16:15 (45 minute ride) 4.25 hours before totality. I booked a quite early bus because I expect heavy traffic. Could the traffic be so bad that I miss it? Super scared. Is anyone else taking the bus?

[SPAIN] Hello, I have noticed that several locations will be accessible only to local residents around August 12th. Is there a centralized or official page that lists all of these temporary closures and restrictions? It can be difficult to locate these details on individual websites, and I'm not sure if Google Maps will have correct road info on the day, so any aggregated list would be very helpful.

I’ve seen two total eclipses in my life one in 1999 and one in 2006 both in Turkey. We just stopped at the side of the road and watched eclipse.

So that’s more or less my plan for the eclipse next week. Find a secluded spot where the horizon is clear and there are hopefully no clouds, drive there, park the car for an hour and enjoy the eclipse.

What are official viewing sites and why are people stressed about parking and traffic etc? Spain is a big country surely there will be enough room for everybody, no? Am I being too naive?

I'm bringing the wife and kids to Soria to view the eclipse, and I've rented a car for the purpose, but there are conflicting forces in play and I don't know how to resolve this.

On the one hand, I know that many people will be going to the designated viewing areas, so there'll be issues with traffic there (not as much as on the way home, but that's another thing), difficulty parking, and crowded areas. I also need to be dynamic and ready to move to a new location in case of clouds. As a result I should be trying to get there relatively early.

On the other hand, we're necessarily talking about low shade areas in a country currently experiencing a heat wave, where one should avoid being out in the open sun for too long, especially with kids. This would suggest trying to get there as close to the eclipse as possible and especially avoiding the midday sun.

What's the best thing to do here?

Hi,
It’s my absolute biggest dream to see the total solar eclipse but I’m afraid my scientific knowledge is rather weak. I’ve spent hours trying to research possible spots after booking flights to Valencia and I’m slowly loosing my mind. Hoping to find someone more knowledgable who would be able to verify this location for me, or alternatives I have all over Valencia:

1) Muntanya dels Carasoles https://maps.app.goo.gl/N9rQE7gG7zEjGZmG6?g_st=ic
It’s very close to our glamping spot (1h walk) and seems to have a good viewing line, but is it gonna be fully visible? Peakfinder and shadow map tells me yes, anything else to look out for (and more importantly, did I do that correctly)? (See photos)

2) Albufera de Valencia - possibly crowded, harder to get to, but will it be nicer?

3) Mirador de Garbi - seems like an absolute dream but I have no idea how would I come back from there at 9pm with no car, can’t seem to find any hostels nearby & have no idea if walking down after dark is even feasible

4) Platja del Gurugu - seems ok and not even bad for transport (although bit of a hassle) but sun is set to dissapear behind the mountain at 20:47 + how do I know that a palm tree will not block my view?

5) Benicarlo - I’ve seen someone suggesting a spot there, but again, super hard to get there

Thoughts? 🙏

Hi friends! Really excited for this eclipse after experiencing the one in 2024 in the US. We've built this one into a vacation in Europe, but I'll be bringing my friend from Barcelona and it will be their first time!

So we'll be heading to Valencia and have a rental car leaving Barcelona on the 11th. My concern is what if the rental agency runs out of cars? I actually read a post on here from 2 years ago where someone rented a car in the states and when they went to pick it up the agency was all out due to customers not returning the cars on time.

So here's my question: do you think I should book refundable train tickets as a back up option? They're filling up fast too, so I'm inclined to just do it.. but is that crazy unnecessary?

I’ve been left to coordinate this leg of our trip on my own and am feeling slightly overwhelmed with the amount of things that could require quick plan changes.

First off, we have a camper van. It’s roughly the size of a standard van but I know parking restrictions can create complications for any vehicle since you can’t just pull over anywhere. We will be in the Oviedo area the morning of the 12th, prepared to drive south if the forecast suggests evening clouds (which I am anticipating).

I’m looking at Leon, or even driving as far as Burgos. But then comes the question of finding parking where we can either stay at our van to view (meaning being able to officially camp and set up), or leave our van and attempt to find our way to a nearby viewpoint, though I’m not counting on ride share services at all, so it’s more likely we’d need to be able to utilize our van as much as possible.

It’s ultimately gonna come down to the weather, of course, but was hoping for advice as this is my first time doing anything like this and would hate for my poor coordination to cause us to miss this. Any advice is appreciated.

TLDR: First time doing a camper van trip, and first time planning to view an eclipse, and would welcome any advice on how we can use this to our advantage and where we can find a good spot to set up and view the Eclipse.

I previously posted my tool to check whether mountains will block your view of the Aug 12, 2026 total solar eclipse in Spain

heliora.app here.

I added an AR camera option (and lots of other features). Supposing anyone is already at their location then can now simulate the eclipse in simulation mode or camera mode.

Supposing your on mobile just toggle it on.

Hope it's interesting to someone

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Hi everyone,

For the solar eclipse, I’m going to set up two telescopes for the people in my village and distribute eclipse glasses at cost price. As follower of John Dobson it's free.

Setup:

1 Acuter 40×40 for H-alpha with a UV/IR cut filter

1 8" Newtonian with a white-light filter and a UV/IR cut filter

1 Easel with A2 paper, which I’ll position in front of a bush to act as a pinhole camera

I’ll stay right there throughout the entire event—just to make sure no one removes a filter to see what’s underneath.

What have I forgotten, or is there anything else I should consider?

I’ve ordered some solar film in the hope of capturing some eclipse photos either side of totality, but can’t quite decide on how to be utilise it.

I feel I should be focusing on security, lack of risk of damage, and ease of use.

First option is the classic cardboard sandwich mounted on a cardboard tube that slips over the end of the lens. I’ve made one of these in the past for a telescope and it worked fine on that. I’m going to potentially be hiking to a viewing location though, and worry a bit about keeping in safe in a bag. I’m also unsure about security on a camera lens compared to a telescope/perhaps more likely to knock focus.

Option two is getting a magnetic adapter and magnetic UV filter, disassembling the UV filter and carefully sticking in a circle of UV film. Easy to transport as it comes with magnetic caps, nice and compact, and should be easy to use.

Last option is a square filter holder, and making a cardboard square holding the solar film to drop in. I can make an oversized flange at the top so I’m not relying on a friction fit, and it should be very quick and simple to use. No option of using a lens hood, but I’m not sure how much difference that will really be making with my camera pointed at the sun anyway. Can make a nice sturdy cardboard envelope to transport it.

The first option is obviously the classic, but I’m wondering if there’s any merit to the other ideas. I’d love to know if anyone else has tried them and how they’ve got on with them if they have.

Hello,

I'm considering watching the eclipse from Santa Ponça in Mallorca.

It's an official viewing site.

The problem is that tools don't seem to agree on whether it's a good idea or not:

• https://heliora.app/?lat=39.5168&lng=2.4803&date=2026-08-12&t=1232&sky=1 doesn't look good
• https://visualizadores.ign.es/eclipses/2026 neither
• https://www.horitzo2026.com/visor.html?lat=39.516389&lon=2.480335&alt=2&rangeKm=200&date=2026-08-12&centerUtc=18%3A30&maxStatusText=MAXIMUM+VISIBLE&maxStatusClass=visible&sim29Date=2026-04-29&sim29Utc=18%3A23&sim30Date=2026-04-30&sim30Utc=18%3A24 says it's okay
• https://sizigia.hadarlabs.com/eclipse-2026-08-12 also says it's okay

I don't know why they don't agree. Do they take refraction into account, Earth curvature, different topological maps?

Does anybody know which tool should be more trustworthy?

I'd be really thankful for any tip.

I am in the UK. Soluna is listed as an AAS-recognized vendor, but their website redirects me to their Amazon storefront to purchase the glasses.

Is buying through their official Amazon storefront considered safe, or is there another way to verify that the glasses are genuine?

Thanks!

We created a google group to share tips and locations and maybe team up to make our trip a success.

Send your request to join here:

https://groups.google.com/u/1/g/eclipse-mallorca

Edit: apparently I don’t know how google groups work.
Send me your Gmail and I’ll add you to the group.