Total Solar Eclipse in Iceland & Spain

12 August 2026

Well, at the last minute I couldn’t go on this one but it turned out tremendously well for everyone who travelled into the path of the Total Solar Eclipse.

Eliot Herman grabs this terrific wide shot of the sky during totality…
… and the brilliant corona in close up.

I love shadow action! In this video from Sirius Travel in Majorca, Spain, I have darkened the shadow and increased the speed so you can see the shadow of the Moon racing through the sky and eclipsing the Moon. Very cool. Also interesting to note that although there were clouds across the western sky where the eclipse was visible, they didn’t destroy the view entirely. Clouds and haze from wildfire smoke were a constant worry for everyone in Spain in August 2026.

Shadow Action in Spain

Dr. Sarah Marwick was good enough to fill in for me on the Polar Latitudes expedition to the coast of Greenland, and her view of the eclipse was clear and spectacular…

Totality on 12 August 2026 from the deck of the Ocean Albatros on the south eastern coast of Greenland.

And my good friend Sami Safarian was equally rewarded with clear skies on the northwestern coast of Spain ….

Nice going Sami!

On to Libya in August 2027….

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