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Doesn't seem like the best of weather now in Iceland, hopefully it clears up. Otherwise it would suck for the people who have planned the trip months if not yea
by LawrenceKerr 2mo ago
Doesn't seem like the best of weather now in Iceland, hopefully it clears up. Otherwise it would suck for the people who have planned the trip months if not years in advance only to get a clouded sky, but that's always the risk with astrotravel.
- benoliver999 2mo agoSurely the smart money is to go to Spain
- embedding-shape 2mo agoWe do get cloudy days too sometimes :) Although today it is looking fairly sunny all over the place: https://i.imgur.com/4LK7xo8.png https://i.imgur.com/4LK7xo8.png
- pzo 2mo agothere is another total solar eclipse next year in 2027 in south of spain if the first time not lucky
- wbl 2mo agoI'm watching that one in Egypt.
- otherme123 2mo agoOne of the best places would be Asturias, which has also incredibly scenery worth the travel, but it was too cloudy in many places. Not all of Spain is sun and beaches!
- LunaSea 2mo agoThe best spot (imo) was Leon, just in the south of Asturias where the sky was clear.
- tiagod 2mo agoI live near Lisbon. Checked windy yesterday for cloud forecast, topography, within the center of the totality area, and night sky quality (for the perseids after), and quickly decided on that area. Rented a small commercial van, drove around 6h30 and ended up in a tiny village named Abia de Las Torres, in the top of a small hill surrounded by sunflower fields with a whole bunch of people, with perfect weather (other than some smoky haze from forest fires)
- afroturf 2mo agoI live in Osorno la Mayor and had to travel to Abia to see the eclipse because of the huge crowd around the town. I watched the eclipse from the hill with the geodesic point. In the total dark phase I heard the crowd in Abia cheering and also in the villages around. Did you looked north to the suddenly towering mountains of the Sierra Palentina. What a sight!
- jcsager 2mo agoYes, we travelled to Cornwall in 1999 but it was cloudy. Got a marvellous view in Oregon in 2017 though. A friend of mine travels to all the solar eclipses he can wherever they are in the world. That's a bit too obsessive for me though. I'm in Devon this time but only 95% cover.
- data-ottawa 2mo agoCurrently in Keflavík, it is very wet, but I can see a pocket of blue sky in the clouds. My trip coincides, I’ve been camping across the country and the rain has followed me across the whole island It has been an incredible trip Edit: it was rainy and cloudy but still so cool!