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Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026

21 points by sva_ 3y ago

pazimzadeh 3y ago
> The last total eclipse in continental Europe occurred on March 29, 2006 and in continental part of European Union it occurred on August 11, 1999 August 11 1999 is the day my family moved from the France to the US. We were in the air during the eclipse and must have flown right on the edge shadow or something because one side of the plane was dark while the other half was lit (longitudinally).
- extraduder_ire 3y ago
  Sounds cool. I have to assume the pilot tried to do that on purpose.
- wbkang 3y ago
  I saw the same eclipse when I was on a plane from Rome to Seoul. I don't remember it too well anymore but really cool experience.
NKosmatos 3y ago
One of the two eclipses I hope/plan to observe in my lifetime. This one will be visible from many Spanish cities, although it will be evening :-( There are many sites with eclipse details, but I prefer timeanddate [0] In my opinion the eclipse of August 2nd 2027 [1], [2] will be a much better one. Maximum duration of totality is going to be more than 6 minutes and almost passing over Luxor [3] and Mecca [4], both important historical/religious locations. It will also pass over many popular tourist cities. [0] https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2026-august-12 https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2026-august-12 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_2,_2027 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_2,_202... [2] https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2027-august-2 https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2027-august-2 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca
earthboundkid 3y ago
Time to walk the Camino de Santiago!
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petabytes 3y ago
Just remembered the Magic Lantern eclipse user meeting that's been planned since 2020 https://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=25236.0 https://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=25236.0

21 points by sva_ 3y ago

> The last total eclipse in continental Europe occurred on March 29, 2006 and in continental part of European Union it occurred on August 11, 1999 August 11 1999 is the day my family moved from the France to the US. We were in the air during the eclipse and must have flown right on the edge shadow or something because one side of the plane was dark while the other half was lit (longitudinally).

extraduder_ire 3y ago
Sounds cool. I have to assume the pilot tried to do that on purpose.
wbkang 3y ago
I saw the same eclipse when I was on a plane from Rome to Seoul. I don't remember it too well anymore but really cool experience.

NKosmatos 3y ago

One of the two eclipses I hope/plan to observe in my lifetime. This one will be visible from many Spanish cities, although it will be evening :-( There are many sites with eclipse details, but I prefer timeanddate [0] In my opinion the eclipse of August 2nd 2027 [1], [2] will be a much better one. Maximum duration of totality is going to be more than 6 minutes and almost passing over Luxor [3] and Mecca [4], both important historical/religious locations. It will also pass over many popular tourist cities. [0] https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2026-august-12 https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2026-august-12 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_2,_2027 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_2,_202... [2] https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2027-august-2 https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2027-august-2 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca

earthboundkid 3y ago

Time to walk the Camino de Santiago!

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petabytes 3y ago

Just remembered the Magic Lantern eclipse user meeting that's been planned since 2020 https://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=25236.0 https://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=25236.0