APOD: 2026 August 14 – Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland
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2026 August 14
Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland
Image Credit &
Copyright:
Aditya Madhavan
Explanation:
On August 12,
the Moon’s shadow reached out to touch our fair planet.
Beginning in the Arctic Ocean, it swept along a narrow track that
led the dark lunar umbra across parts of
Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, Portugal, and
northern Spain.
And for a moment,
denizens of Earth
who found themselves with clear skies under the shadow of the Moon
could witness a total solar eclipse.
After dodging the weather by sea and making a landing along
Rype Fjord on the Greenland east coast
(at 71.07055N, 27.71252W),
this hard-won snapshot was captured at 17:33:26 UTC.
That’s near the initial reach of clearing skies along
the path of totality,
so the image is likely one of the first unobstructed views of the
totally eclipsed Sun.
Through a break in the clouds, the stunning photo also
records one of this eclipse’s
transient diamond rings
and the
magnificent solar corona
emerging near the moment totality began.
More spectacular eclipse images: Solar Eclipse of 2026 August 12
Tomorrow’s picture: perhaps a Perseid
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