National Eclipse

Spain is having a pretty good summer. This month they won the World Cup and next month they get a total solar eclipse.

If you live in the Northeast U.S., today might have been a good test to see how hazy the Sun might appear during next year's eclipse in Africa during a dust storm. Maybe. Who knows.

@santo_santorum @ArturoLisderoM Exactly.

@ArturoLisderoM @NationalEclipse La velocidad orbital de la Luna es superior a la velocidad de rotación de la Tierra (aunque tu instinto te pueda indicar lo contrario). Por eso los eclipses van de oeste a este...

It seemed that NASA had stopped making its usual eclipse-related animations and visualizations over the last several eclipses, including 2024. But here's a new one they just released showing the global shadow path of next month's total solar eclipse.

@ivovaladares @ArturoLisderoM Despite what the other guy said, eclipse paths generally travel from west to east, not east to west, and this one travels in a generally eastern direction as it loops down from the pole.

@ArturoLisderoM @NationalEclipse Eso hace no en esta simulación, hacía la derecha en el hemisfério norte. ¿O no es así?

@ArturoLisderoM We're gonna assume NASA knows what they're doing.

@NationalEclipse For a start that video is not true. The eclipses go from east to west, because the Earth rotates toward East.

@astrooalert Blocked for fakeness.

Look at the “Eye of God” Nebula! A stunning cloud of gas and stars in space, showing how beautiful and powerful our universe can be. ✨

@relsaid @grok This has nothing to do with Russia. If you could see the aurora during a total solar eclipse in Russia, then you could see it in Iceland. The point is that it just doesn't get dark enough during a total solar eclipse to be able to see the aurora, even if happens to be there.

Thank you, I did verify with Grok to see if there was any chance. @grok : The only theoretical sliver of a chance remains in the far northern Russian part of the path (around local midnight during the midnight-sun period) if there happens to be an extremely strong geomagnetic storm at exactly the right time. Even then, it would be marginal at best.

I guessing the view near the North Pole will be the most amazing thing with the northern lights and the eclipse in one. Anyone know of any research going on that could record this?

@lonelychairlift It's better than one in Antarctica or the middle of the ocean. You take what you can get.

@NationalEclipse What’s a dumb eclipse path. Somebody needs to talk to the moon and sun about this.

The 2026 total solar eclipse is 1 month away. NationalEclipse.com

AI is really the worst thing to ever happen to solar eclipse imagery.

@nohayred_ You are confusing the geography of the 2027 eclipse with the 2026 eclipse.

El 12 de agosto de 2026 habrá un eclipse solar total visible desde Europa y norte de África. Después de ese día, no habrá otro igual hasta el año 2180. Ni tus bisnietos lo van a ver.

@AmazingNature00 The eclipse hasn't happened yet, dude. Anyway, for people who are genuinely interested in seeing this on August 12, it's extremely unlikely. It doesn't get dark enough during totality to see the Northern Lights.

The universe just pulled off something almost impossible… over Iceland. 🌌🌑 This is the kind of moment that doesn’t just feel rare… it feels unreal. Seeing the Aurora Borealis is already a bucket-list experience. Witnessing a Solar Eclipse is rare on its own. But both… perfectly aligned in the same sky? That’s the “double crown” — and it might be a once-in-a-lifetime sight. What looks like pure magic is actually a perfect storm of timing: ✨ A powerful geomagnetic storm ignited vivid auroras across the polar sky 🌑 At the exact same time, the Moon slipped into the Sun’s path of totality 👁️ From the perfect angle, the Sun’s glowing corona formed one crown… while shimmering green auroras painted another behind it Two crowns. One sky. One fleeting moment. This is what happens when cosmic precision meets Earth’s atmosphere — a reminder that the universe doesn’t just work in equations… it performs. And sometimes, if everything aligns just right… we get to witness it.

@astrooalert And it won't look remotely close to those nonsense images.

JUST IN🚨: On August 02, 2027, parts of world will go dark for almost 6 minutes - a total solar eclipse will occur that will not happen again for 100 years..

@spacevibex Is this news really "just in"?

JUST IN🚨: On August 2, 2027, parts of world will go dark for almost 6 minutes ─ a total solar eclipse will occur that will not happen again for 100 years

@ChronosIntelX There have been lots of total solar eclipses in Europe since Napoleon. Unless you mean Dynamite.

🚀 A total solar eclipse crosses Spain next month. August 12, 2026. Millions will watch the Moon erase the Sun. The last time this path crossed Europe, Napoleon was still alive.

@M2M_Tester @forallcurious This is an annular solar eclipse, not a total solar eclipse. Very different and very less impressive than a total. The maps note the eclipse type in the lower left corner.

@forallcurious Total Solar Eclipse on February 6, 2027: #TotalSolarEclipse2027 nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_02062…

@M2M_Tester @forallcurious This is an annular solar eclipse, not a total solar eclipse. Very different and very less impressive than a total.

@forallcurious Total Solar Eclipse on January 26, 2028: #TotalSolarEclipse2028 nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_01262…

In eclipse music news, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" singer Bonnie Tyler has died at 75. Her iconic 1983 hit was voted the all-time most popular eclipse-related song in a 2022 NationalEclipse.com Twitter poll.