Golden solar corona
Taken by Dawid Moździerski on August 12, 2026 @
Monreal del Campo
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I am convinced that nobody who witnesses a total solar eclipse for the first time is prepared for such a spectacle... I can only repeat the obvious — photographs simply do not capture everything.
After analyzing the terrain (the Sun was quite low in the sky) and monitoring the weather for several days, we set off from Valencia towards the center of the eclipse path, aiming for the area between the towns of Teruel and Calamocha. It turned out to be a good choice, and several other cars appeared on a small hill (about 1,100 m above sea level), including some from Italy and France.
We observed the partial eclipse in a rather uncomfortable temperature of 37°C. However, as the eclipse progressed, it gradually became pleasantly cool, and when it reached about 90%, everything around us turned yellowish-grey. That was when the spectacle began. The very narrow crescent Sun looked to the naked eye like a dazzlingly bright slit in the sky. A few seconds later, a huge shadow cast by the Moon covered the northern sky and almost instantly plunged the entire area into darkness. The Sun turned into a beautiful diamond ring, and a few seconds later we saw Baily's beads (photospheric light shining through the valleys between the peaks of the lunar mountains). We were quickly in for a surprise, as an enormous prominence appeared above the Baily's beads! The view became as beautiful as it was surreal, even absurd. Where the Sun had been, there was now a deep black void surrounded by a blazing golden corona (with the Sun so low above the horizon)! We were all absolutely stunned by this spectacle unfolding right before our eyes.
The spectacle did not end with the 98-second total eclipse, because the partial phase continued as the Sun was setting.
Camera: Nikon D5100, telephoto: Nikkor 55-300.
Photographer's website:
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