APOD: 2026 August 14 – Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland

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								Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland

						Explanation: On August 12, the Moon's shadow reached out to touch our fair planet. Beginning in the Arctic Ocean, it swept along a narrow track that led the dark lunar umbra across parts of Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, Portugal, and northern Spain. And for a moment, denizens of Earth who found themselves with clear skies under the shadow of the Moon could witness a total solar eclipse. After dodging the weather by sea and making a landing along Rype Fjord on the Greenland east coast (at 71.07055N, 27.71252W), this hard-won snapshot was captured at 17:33:26 UTC. That's near the initial reach of clearing skies along the path of totality, so the image is likely one of the first unobstructed views of the totally eclipsed Sun. Through a break in the clouds, the stunning photo also records one of this eclipse's transient diamond rings and the magnificent solar corona emerging near the moment totality began.More spectacular eclipse images: Solar Eclipse of 2026 August 12Tomorrow's picture: perhaps a Perseid						

										Date
										
											August 14, 2026											

										Credit & Copyright:
										
											Aditya Madhavan											

										Authors & editors:
										
											Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Robert Nemiroff, Keighley Rockcliffe											

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											ASD at NASA / GSFC,NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.											

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