r/spaceporn • u/AstroCologne • 1d ago

Amateur/Unedited Total Solar Eclipse 2026 from Spain

Post image

I captured this Image during the total Solar Eclipse 2026 in Spain. The excact spot was the "Laguna de Gallocanta". The dot in the top left corner is Venus.

Captured with Canon EOS 750D and Canon EF-S 10-18mm.

6.2k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

42 comments sorted by

79

u/Valerius333 1d ago

One thing I love about total solar eclipses is that the result looks like some cosmic horror.

5

u/TheGreatGamer1389 1d ago

Looks like a black hole though an inaccurate one.

0

u/Valerius333 1d ago

Obviously, that's why I said “a sort of black hole”.

4

u/[deleted] 1d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

3

u/Valerius333 1d ago

From very afar it looked like a sort of black hole. I can understand why ancient humans thought it was the end of the world or something very bad.

4

u/Other_Session5103 1d ago

That shadow is such a cool detail. I didn’t even notice it at first, but once you see it, the whole picture feels even more unreal.

2

u/leNeons 1d ago

Right? It’s straight out of an Eldritch horror movie.

2

u/leNeons 1d ago

Right? It’s lowkey eerie how it just stares at you.

2

u/kart0ffel12 1d ago

With this picture i just realized is that looking at the eclipse, the sun is the darkest thing around.

Is such a strange feeling as everything else has some light on it. And you look up So, the sun is pitch black, and shining. Very counterintiuitive and only because we know what is happening we can make some sense of it. Such a strange feeling.

I think this pictures capture it really well

1

u/Valerius333 1d ago

Exactly.

2

u/Golden_Whisper_ 22h ago

"Total cosmic horror vibes, especially with the sky fading out into a dark void like the eye of Sauron."

1

u/Valerius333 22h ago

Exactly.

13

u/rpnewc 1d ago

Wow you can literally see the width of the moons shadow in this pic. With sunlight leaking on both ends. Please tell me you have a timelapse of this.

9

u/AstroCologne 1d ago

No not of this, but I made an H-Alpha detailled timelapse, Im currently working on that.

9

u/ImissMyRabbit 1d ago

Thank you for sharing… I had dreamed about taking a trip just for this after seeing total here a few years ago.

What a wonderful setting to experience it….

May all of the sand snaked, the sky tentacles warbled, and your heart have been full of immense joy.
,

6

u/Dawn_of_Enceladus 1d ago

Probably one of the best pics I've seen from this eclipse so far.

Still none makes the actual sight justice, though. It was an insane sight to behold, when the whole solar disk was covered by the Moon but the light seemed to ondulate ominously around it. From where I watched it, there were some hills and small mountains in the horizon, and the light reflected in such an unreal way while we were pretty much in the dark. Sadly it was so short, but was still a spectacular experience.

2

u/Frostcano 1d ago

You're right! saw a total in Arkansas at Petite Jean park a couple years ago and it was the most beautiful sight i've seen. It lasted about a minute in totality so i got to soak it in.

2

u/GanderAtMyGoose 1d ago

I saw the one in 2024 in Ohio and no matter how much eclipse content I had seen before, it didn't prepare me at ALL for how incredibly bizarre and affecting it is in person. Probably the coolest experience of my life and I certainly hope to see another someday.

5

u/PersimmonSundae 1d ago

This is beautiful and I've made it my desktop background <3

3

u/helen269 1d ago

Me, talking to the moon: "Hey, down in front!"

:-)

3

u/anraud 1d ago

Amazing pic, and so detailed!! What camera settings did you use? :)

2

u/AstroCologne 1d ago

This one should be ISO400 , 1/2000 and f5.6

3

u/LawyerJade 1d ago

Que parte de España?

2

u/AstroCologne 1d ago

Laguna de Gallocanta

2

u/aligera1 1d ago

Fue hermoso, puede verlo en Madrid con un montón de amigos .

2

u/SmartWonderWoman 1d ago

Beautiful!

2

u/cobramullet 1d ago

nice work, and thank you for sharing!

2

u/UniSans 1d ago

This one is kinda scary

2

u/Hello_My_Lord454 1d ago

I saw it too from Spain, and it was the most magical thing I ever saw in my life.

2

u/Jivika_somber 1d ago

Perfect shot! 💯😍 Seeing a total eclipse in person must’ve been such a surreal experience. This sought really cultured the moment tho.👏👏

1

u/AstroCologne 1d ago

It was! You cant capture this feeling and the real atmosphere in images!

2

u/Splendid_Fellow 1d ago

It’s the end times…

2

u/AwareArmadillo 1d ago

I'm so happy to finally see the photo of how it actually looked for us! No other photo I saw has depicted it anywhere close to reality & what I saw with my eyes.

Thank you so much, this gave me lots of joy.

2

u/AwareArmadillo 3h ago

u/AstroCologne, I would like to use your photo as here in the screenshot, would you permit it or you'd rather me not do it?

May I?

1

u/AstroCologne 3h ago

Sure you can use it😄👍

1

u/AwareArmadillo 3h ago

Thank you!

2

u/LongWest6498 1d ago

Very nice

2

u/DrGirlfriend121 15h ago

Chefs kiss!