Total Solar Eclipse 2026

Total Solar Eclipse 2026 from Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and its sunflower field outside the tiny town of Duraton, Spain (pop: 29).

The church dates to approx. the year 1203 and is located next to some Roman ruins under excavation. At totality, locals rang its bell and celebrated near the open field on the other side. At least one brought a telescope and several children got their first introduction to eclipses. To my surprise, no one besides my friend and I set up for a photo with the church as the foreground; one local aimed to get totality behind the cross by standing in the forest behind us, a photo he said he had been planning for a year (we thanked him for helping prevent cars from parking in the way of my photo). What made the 2026 eclipse unique for viewers in large parts of Spain was haze caused by wildfire smoke. Combined with the low angle and thicker atmosphere, totality took on a more yellow or orange hue and made exposure times a little different than normal. The first photo below is my most popular photo ever on social media, and received nearly 4 million views on X that day.

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