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The most rare, top-tier eclipse photo would be the Solar Earth Eclipse, but the Apollo 12 crew's attempt to capture it was marred by camera shake. They said it looked spectacular, though.
this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
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Australia for 2028? Why not Spain for 2026?
Spain isn't a real place.
Someone said: not impressive enough because too close to sunset. Didn't check.
That's why you do Iceland instead.
The 2026 one doesn't pass over much land or near many major population centres, and a lot of Europeans are going to try and see it, so it's going to be very difficult to go see it, especially if you're an American.
Yeah. Just avoid the plains and clouds shouldn't be a problem.
Not mostly, anyway.
Spain's is a partial eclipse. My question is why not Egypt 2027?
If we're talking about 12 August 2026, this says it'll be a total eclipse, in northern Spain at least.
You're right. I'm not sure why I thought it was a partial eclipse.
Why not Texas for 2024?
Requires inventing time travel. More work.