2026 years Solar eclipse

Solar eclipse, 2026-08-12, UT 17:56

The Sun is overexposed but by luck the Smartphone captured an internal reflection of the Sun that we see here a bit above the real Sun.

Solar eclipse, 2026-08-12, UT 17:56

The big problem with this solar eclipse is that it stay very low to the horizon, only 5 degrees above.

From where we live in Stockholm there is only a partial solar eclipse, but still big, 80%, from Spain it give a total eclipse.

Solar eclipse path:

From NASA's Solar Eclipse Search Engine it's possible to find older solar eclipse data. From that place I also got this map.

Setup:

This year the plan was to only do a visual observation with safety glass, very important. Looking direct to the Sun and you can get blind in a fraction of a second. Still we do an experiment we use a colander and let the sun shine through.

A test 30 minutes before the maximum. It looks a bit exiting, every hole show the Sun and we see how the Moon cover more and more of the solar disc. It's is a multi hole camera. From first contact to maximum about one hour.

We have invited some of our friends to this solar party.

Maria's colander has smaller holes, maybe too small.

At the hill where we stand we found a path through the trees and could follow the Sun down to 5 degrees above the horizon.

Smartphones in action, even the cameras must have a protection filter, otherwise the camera sensor melt down.

16 minutes to left to maximum, very close to the trees now.

The are some clouds and the Sun is overexposed but by luck the Smartphone captured an internal reflection that we see here a bit above the Sun. The reflection is upside down, but cleraly seen the arc of light comming out from the Sun.