Total solar eclipse over the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza, Spain, on August 12, 2026.
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A mesmerizing photograph of the total solar eclipse of Aug. 12, 2026 looming over the Mediterranean Sea taken by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy.
https://www.planetary.org/articles/the-best-images-from-the-2026-solar-eclipse
https://cosmicbackground.io/pages/ea-shadows-on-the-balearic-sea
16/nOne of many outstanding pics of the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 taken by AJ Smadi, astrophotographer from Seattle, WA.
The sun and moon loom over the 800 year old Burgos Cathedral in Spain. "The final result contains much more data from the multiple exposures of the solar corona, even revealing the night side of the Moon."
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One of many outstanding pics of the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 taken by AJ Smadi, astrophotographer from Seattle, WA.
The sun and moon loom over the 800 year old Burgos Cathedral in Spain. "The final result contains much more data from the multiple exposures of the solar corona, even revealing the night side of the Moon."
"Apotheosis" by AJ Smadi.
"This image shows the solar corona, the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere made up of an ultra-hot, glowing plasma halo that extends millions of kilometers into space. The Moon’s surface is visible as well, its surface being illuminated by the light of a “Full Earth”."
https://www.instagram.com/p/Db-xWorEX9b/?hl=en&img_index=1
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"Apotheosis" by AJ Smadi.
"This image shows the solar corona, the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere made up of an ultra-hot, glowing plasma halo that extends millions of kilometers into space. The Moon’s surface is visible as well, its surface being illuminated by the light of a “Full Earth”."
https://www.instagram.com/p/Db-xWorEX9b/?hl=en&img_index=1
18/n@AkaSci I am highly skeptical of this. It has to be a composite image, right? One that just pastes our side of the moon onto the dark circle of the eclipse?
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@AkaSci I am highly skeptical of this. It has to be a composite image, right? One that just pastes our side of the moon onto the dark circle of the eclipse?
@lkanies
The photographer AJ Smadi has a good reputation and a good portfolio.
https://www.instagram.com/aj.smadi/?hl=enHis prints are available for purchase at https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/adam-smadi?tab=artwork&page=1
His works have been featured on NASA APOD and on the Planetary Society pages.
He explains a bit on his Instagram post how he took this image. It is a composite of multiple images taken at different exposure levels during the eclipse. The moon image is probably very highly overexposed.
So, I think this is real.
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"Apotheosis" by AJ Smadi.
"This image shows the solar corona, the outermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere made up of an ultra-hot, glowing plasma halo that extends millions of kilometers into space. The Moon’s surface is visible as well, its surface being illuminated by the light of a “Full Earth”."
https://www.instagram.com/p/Db-xWorEX9b/?hl=en&img_index=1
18/nOlympian Spanish skateboarder Danny León performed this perfectly time stunt - a stalefish off a half pipe - in front of the eclipsed Sun on 12 August 2026.
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/danny-leon-skateboarding-total-solar-eclipse-spain-wednesday
Video at https://www.instagram.com/p/Db89wBgRB3B/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0xEZPksQwI
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@lkanies
The photographer AJ Smadi has a good reputation and a good portfolio.
https://www.instagram.com/aj.smadi/?hl=enHis prints are available for purchase at https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/adam-smadi?tab=artwork&page=1
His works have been featured on NASA APOD and on the Planetary Society pages.
He explains a bit on his Instagram post how he took this image. It is a composite of multiple images taken at different exposure levels during the eclipse. The moon image is probably very highly overexposed.
So, I think this is real.
Just confirming it is a composite image.
It looks great. It just obviously cannot be a single exposure (at least to anyone who has tried to take a great shot of the moon)
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Olympian Spanish skateboarder Danny León performed this perfectly time stunt - a stalefish off a half pipe - in front of the eclipsed Sun on 12 August 2026.
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/danny-leon-skateboarding-total-solar-eclipse-spain-wednesday
Video at https://www.instagram.com/p/Db89wBgRB3B/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0xEZPksQwI
19/n@AkaSci I’ve seen two videos giving slightly different angles of this, and I prefer the less closeup one where the ramp’s curve is flush with the edge of the moon/sun so that he looks like he actually has wheels on the curve of the eclipse. But who am I to nitpick?? It’s an amazing shot.🤩
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Olympian Spanish skateboarder Danny León performed this perfectly time stunt - a stalefish off a half pipe - in front of the eclipsed Sun on 12 August 2026.
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/danny-leon-skateboarding-total-solar-eclipse-spain-wednesday
Video at https://www.instagram.com/p/Db89wBgRB3B/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0xEZPksQwI
19/nA day after the total solar eclipse on Earth, Mars experienced a solar eclipse as its moon Phobos crossed in front of the Sun!
At just 11 km across and orbiting 5,989 km above Mars, Phobos does not fully occlude the disk of the Sun.
This image was acquired on Aug. 13, 2026 at the local mean solar time of 10:13:50 by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/image-of-the-week/
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZL7_1948_0839864812_277EBY_N0910000ZCAM01576_1100LMJ
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A day after the total solar eclipse on Earth, Mars experienced a solar eclipse as its moon Phobos crossed in front of the Sun!
At just 11 km across and orbiting 5,989 km above Mars, Phobos does not fully occlude the disk of the Sun.
This image was acquired on Aug. 13, 2026 at the local mean solar time of 10:13:50 by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/image-of-the-week/
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZL7_1948_0839864812_277EBY_N0910000ZCAM01576_1100LMJ
20/n@AkaSci Stop searching for life on Mars! There's a googly eye!
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A day after the total solar eclipse on Earth, Mars experienced a solar eclipse as its moon Phobos crossed in front of the Sun!
At just 11 km across and orbiting 5,989 km above Mars, Phobos does not fully occlude the disk of the Sun.
This image was acquired on Aug. 13, 2026 at the local mean solar time of 10:13:50 by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/image-of-the-week/
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ZL7_1948_0839864812_277EBY_N0910000ZCAM01576_1100LMJ
20/n@AkaSci I hope you didn’t look directly at the sun to get this photo!
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Just confirming it is a composite image.
It looks great. It just obviously cannot be a single exposure (at least to anyone who has tried to take a great shot of the moon)
@lkanies @AkaSci
I think most of us would call it bracketed exposures.Sensors have wide dynamic ranges, but we use our retinas in a similar way on, eg, a landscape in sunset,shading our eyes in order to see the landscape, and assembling the experience from the different exposures.
Composite implies something else, artistic rather than technical.
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Olympian Spanish skateboarder Danny León performed this perfectly time stunt - a stalefish off a half pipe - in front of the eclipsed Sun on 12 August 2026.
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/danny-leon-skateboarding-total-solar-eclipse-spain-wednesday
Video at https://www.instagram.com/p/Db89wBgRB3B/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0xEZPksQwI
19/n@AkaSci Thanks for the context. I saw the video going around and wondered who that was.
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Total solar eclipse over the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza, Spain, on August 12, 2026.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral-Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Pillar
Image Credit & Copyright: Ruiyu Zhang
1/n@AkaSci yo, what's Griffeth doing down there....he's such a joker
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One of many outstanding pics of the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 taken by AJ Smadi, astrophotographer from Seattle, WA.
The sun and moon loom over the 800 year old Burgos Cathedral in Spain. "The final result contains much more data from the multiple exposures of the solar corona, even revealing the night side of the Moon."
spectacular!
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@lkanies @AkaSci
I think most of us would call it bracketed exposures.Sensors have wide dynamic ranges, but we use our retinas in a similar way on, eg, a landscape in sunset,shading our eyes in order to see the landscape, and assembling the experience from the different exposures.
Composite implies something else, artistic rather than technical.
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️it doesn't for me. I think of all hdr as composite, one can look more or less natural.