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glimshe 14 hours ago [-]
Very cool! Just remember the one truth about solar eclipses: total or nothing.
While I don't want to dismiss partial eclipses entirely, please don't think that partial eclipses are "almost the same" as total eclipses. One is a curiosity, the other is a memorable life event.
otherme123 3 hours ago [-]
This one passes nearby me. I have a 2 hour car drive planned for the day. Trying to convince people, specially with kids, to go to the totallity path, has proven useless: the websites say "eclipse will be at 99.9 something% here", and they are fully convinced it will be close enough.
teraflop 13 hours ago [-]
Agreed, but I'll just add that annular eclipses occupy an intermediate point on that scale.
With a partial eclipse, shadows look odd and the sunlight "feels" noticeably dimmer and more muted, but if you're not paying attention you might not notice much out of the ordinary.
An annular eclipse is much more dramatic and unmistakable. It's not as striking as totality, and of course you can't directly observe it without eye protection, but the "ring of fire" is beautiful in its own way.
monster_truck 12 hours ago [-]
If you've ever needed an excuse to rent a sports car and drive for 4-8 hours, this is the one.
spenrose 11 hours ago [-]
Got caught in a day-long traffic jam leaving a rural area in North America after the 2017 total eclipse.
tverbeure 6 hours ago [-]
It’s the one time I remember when the French highway toll booths said F that, let’s just open them up and let everyone pass. The August 11, 1999 solar eclipse.
The whole of Northern Europa driving back up, me included.
To bad it was cloudy, not sun to be see. I saw the 2017 one in Oregon though, it was scorching hot but no cloud to be seen.
echelon 7 hours ago [-]
Partial and annular solar eclipses are interesting.
Total solar eclipses are magical.
The sun turns into a gleaming jewel and all of nature around you enters another dimension. The animals freak out, the temperature of the air around you drops dramatically, your shadows morph and multiply into weird shapes, it feels like midnight with an ethereal glow.
You see the atmosphere of the sun glow in all chromatic glory.
You'll never witness anything else like it.
folkrav 6 hours ago [-]
The drop in temperature was the most striking part for me. It wasn't just dark, it was night in the middle of the day for a couple of minutes.
dom96 3 hours ago [-]
Really? Well that's sad. I'll be going to see my first partial eclipse this week.
This is really good, found a possible great spot near Lugo!
alkyon 13 hours ago [-]
In Spain it's a trio of consecutive eclipses from 2026 to 2028 (the last one annular). To view the second one I don't even need travel anywhere.
Will be in Saragossa on Wednesday and gonna use Canon binos with image stabilization, the partial phase with filter and then some precious seconds without (a scary moment, I'll rely on an alarm to prevent my eyes to get damaged when the totality is over). Some people generally advised to skip any instruments and just enjoy it with your own eyes for the first time, but I'm too curious about corona details to let this opportunity pass.
kiernanmcgowan 2 hours ago [-]
Also on my way there - I’m curious how packed the city is going to be. I imagine the bridges are going to be absolutely packed
Zardoz84 4 hours ago [-]
it's called Zaragoza
alkyon 33 minutes ago [-]
"Zaragoza (Spanish: [θaɾaˈɣoθa]), traditionally known in English as Saragossa[7] (/ˌsærəˈɡɒsə/ SARR-ə-GOSS-ə)" according to Wikipedia, originally Caesaraugusta and later Saraqusṭah to be exact
usrnm 3 hours ago [-]
Can we please stop with this nonsense? No matter where you live and which language you speak you never call the majority of places on Earth right. Can we just accept it and move on?
cladopa 47 minutes ago [-]
It is not non sense. I am spaniard myself and I did not understood what he was talking about until I saw the correction(is this a club name or something?).
If I want to talk about "Seattle" and use "Siadol" a lot of people are not going to understand.
alkyon 31 minutes ago [-]
At least you learned something new today
frankensteins 12 hours ago [-]
Very detailed site. It said open source. where is the source?
Whoah, so cool how the map shows the shadow of mountains at that late time in the day. Geneva and the Jura look awesome.
sneak 12 hours ago [-]
I’ll be in Iceland this week to photograph it. Any other HNers going to be around?
I’m @sneak.07 on Signal, let’s meet up.
torgoguys 8 hours ago [-]
I'll be there! Hoping the forecast changes!
gbear605 11 hours ago [-]
Best of luck with the weather!
tamimio 12 hours ago [-]
I saw the one in Canada back in 2024, I don’t think I have ever witnessed such an amazing phenomenon like that before, a white glowing ring in the sky!! I will see if I can catch the 2027.
ProllyInfamous 7 hours ago [-]
I brought binoculars to the 2024 event and made sure to keep my eyes closed during the preceding partial solar eclipse (eye acclimation).
After the total eclipse was over, I watched a single honeybee re-orient itself, having temporarily lost its heliocentric bearings (bees "see" the sun's polarity, which helps keep them oriented).
Having also witnessed the 2017 total eclipse, certainly these are memorable events worth traveling into their totalities (could not say the same for partial eclipses).
mr1337 10 hours ago [-]
I was able to catch the last solar eclipse in the US, and it was amazing. I'm a little sad I won't be able to catch this one, especially in Mallorca. Seeing the eclipse low in the sky, an hour before sunset. That has got to be a phenomenal view.
I think this tool is super neat. I love the shadow simulation for the terrain. Very well done!
dizzant 7 hours ago [-]
A real treat for all the pilgrims on the Camino this year
a1o 14 hours ago [-]
Awesome, people in Spain are lucky to see this!
embedding-shape 12 hours ago [-]
The sea is hitting record high temperatures, we're overrun by tourists and our country is on fire but at least we get like three eclipses in a row, so that's pretty cool :) Jokes aside, life's overall pretty great, and the eclipses are exciting!
ajmurmann 14 hours ago [-]
People in Iceland as well!
MrDresden 13 hours ago [-]
Heavy rain forcast on Wednesday, with sun the day before and after.
Hoping the weather forecast will shift (as often happens here)!
nekusar 13 hours ago [-]
In Hofn right now, taking the ring road.
We have a hotel in þingeyri on eclipse day. We're at 1min50s at our hotel.
tom1337890 13 hours ago [-]
Incredible page. Taking into account terrain and sunlight path. Wow
orsenthil 14 hours ago [-]
Such a sophisticated website with great details. Good luck on watching. I think, rest of folks in other parts of the word will be tuning in virtually.
Let's not forget who makes all these open-source interactive projects possible: Works by the US Government and Military are in the Public Domain by law. All the maps and data you got, NASA and the Naval Observatory generated it with their systems, their sensors, their satellites, their employees and enlisted men.
Symbiote 5 minutes ago [-]
It's very presumptive of you to assume the USA is the only source.
The site credits many more European sources than American.
While I don't want to dismiss partial eclipses entirely, please don't think that partial eclipses are "almost the same" as total eclipses. One is a curiosity, the other is a memorable life event.
With a partial eclipse, shadows look odd and the sunlight "feels" noticeably dimmer and more muted, but if you're not paying attention you might not notice much out of the ordinary.
An annular eclipse is much more dramatic and unmistakable. It's not as striking as totality, and of course you can't directly observe it without eye protection, but the "ring of fire" is beautiful in its own way.
The whole of Northern Europa driving back up, me included.
To bad it was cloudy, not sun to be see. I saw the 2017 one in Oregon though, it was scorching hot but no cloud to be seen.
Total solar eclipses are magical.
The sun turns into a gleaming jewel and all of nature around you enters another dimension. The animals freak out, the temperature of the air around you drops dramatically, your shadows morph and multiply into weird shapes, it feels like midnight with an ethereal glow.
You see the atmosphere of the sun glow in all chromatic glory.
You'll never witness anything else like it.
What makes this eclipse VERY different is the low angle (3-4 degress), so the viewpoints need to be planned well.
Also the clouds further to the west are extremely important, for Spain there is
https://www.aemet.es/es/eltiempo/prediccion/destacados/p5_t?...
as well as
https://visualizadores.ign.es/eclipses/2026
Will be in Saragossa on Wednesday and gonna use Canon binos with image stabilization, the partial phase with filter and then some precious seconds without (a scary moment, I'll rely on an alarm to prevent my eyes to get damaged when the totality is over). Some people generally advised to skip any instruments and just enjoy it with your own eyes for the first time, but I'm too curious about corona details to let this opportunity pass.
If I want to talk about "Seattle" and use "Siadol" a lot of people are not going to understand.
I’m @sneak.07 on Signal, let’s meet up.
After the total eclipse was over, I watched a single honeybee re-orient itself, having temporarily lost its heliocentric bearings (bees "see" the sun's polarity, which helps keep them oriented).
Having also witnessed the 2017 total eclipse, certainly these are memorable events worth traveling into their totalities (could not say the same for partial eclipses).
I think this tool is super neat. I love the shadow simulation for the terrain. Very well done!
Hoping the weather forecast will shift (as often happens here)!
We have a hotel in þingeyri on eclipse day. We're at 1min50s at our hotel.
Let's not forget who makes all these open-source interactive projects possible: Works by the US Government and Military are in the Public Domain by law. All the maps and data you got, NASA and the Naval Observatory generated it with their systems, their sensors, their satellites, their employees and enlisted men.
The site credits many more European sources than American.