ForbesNASA Drops Map Of Next Total Solar Eclipse \u2014 And It Visits The U.S.By Jamie Carter<\/a>Future Waits Into The 25th Century<\/p>\nWhile some countries have recently enjoyed total solar eclipses \u2014 notably the U.S. with landmark events in both 2017 and 2024 \u2014 others face remarkably long waits before the next one arrives. <\/p>\n
Equatorial Guinea tops the list for the longest wait, with its next total solar eclipse not expected until 2461. Andorra follows closely behind, with its next opportunity coming in 2433.<\/p>\n
The findings illustrate that geography alone does not determine eclipse frequency, with several larger countries also experiencing lengthy gaps between events.<\/p>\n
Surprising Findings<\/p>\n
It would perhaps appear intuitive that the larger the country, the more common an eclipse. \u201cYou would expect that tiny countries would naturally have the longest wait between eclipses,\u201d said Clark. \u201cBut there are plenty of examples where much larger countries have longer current dry spells, like the Netherlands (420 years) and Ireland (366 years), than tiny city-states like Singapore and Monaco.\u201d<\/p>\n
A visualization of the August 12, 2026, total solar eclipse. <\/p>\n
NASA’s Scientific Visualization StudioEclipses As Event-Driven Tourism<\/p>\n
Eclipse-chasing has been around for decades, with many thousands of people purposely visiting remote places to witness totality. However, the modern travel industry is only now realizing its existence. \u201cAug. 12 has turned into one of the clearest examples of event-driven tourism we have ever tracked,\u201d said Marcin Starkowski, Group PR Manager at the eSky.com online travel agency. \u201cTravelers are treating it less like a typical holiday and more like a once-in-a-lifetime appointment.\u201d <\/p>\n
Its data for the week around Aug. 12 has flight and hotel packages to Spain up 69% year on year at the same booking lead time; flight-only sales to Spain have risen 58%, and flights alone to Iceland have increased 76%. That these flights were being booked in June and July surprised the agency. \u201cThat tells us customers are not waiting for a last-minute deal this time, said Starkowski. \u201cThey are locking in flights and accommodation early \u2026 there is no second chance if you end up in the wrong spot.\u201d<\/p>\n
To an eclipse chaser, booking a month or two before an eclipse does not show pace nor planning, but a last-minute dash \u2014 most eclipse chasers know where they are going at least a year, if not two, in advance. <\/p>\n
Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This map of the world shows the paths of all total solar eclipses during the period 2019\u20132040. T.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[270],"tags":[18908,257489,257492,253863,257493,18,257491,19,17,257490,257488,133,257487,451,17078],"class_list":["post-609782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-astronomy-news","tag-eclipse-dates-by-country","tag-eclipse-history","tag-eclipse-path","tag-eclipse-research","tag-eire","tag-equatorial-guinea-eclipse","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-malta-eclipse","tag-nationaleclipse-com","tag-science","tag-solar-eclipse-study","tag-space","tag-total-solar-eclipse"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117002771158362800","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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