Total Eclipse of the Sun on August 12, 2026
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As you can see, this total solar eclipse (on August 12, 2026) begins on the northern shores of Russia, crosses the Artic Ocean, then works its way down past Greenland and Iceland. The shadow of the Moon will cross into Spain and end in the Mediterranean Sea. Duration of totality in the center of the path of totality is roughly one and a half to 2 minutes anywhere along the path. The maximum eclipse will occur off the west shores of Iceland near Reykjavik at 2 minutes and 18 seconds. Reykjavik will only see one minute of totality.
My focus is mainly on what we will see here in the states, and the answer to that is only a partial eclipse in Alaska and mostly in the New England states. Barrow, Alaska, will see 0.648 coverage of the Sun, while Bangor, Maine, will just see 0.348 coverage. Thus, Alaska will only see a partial solar eclipse during the morning hours, while the New England states will see a partial eclipse in the afternoon. I hope the maps help! Again, feel free to download these maps!
The crescent Moon, the Pleiades, and Venus about an hour after sunset on April 20, 2026. I used my iPhone to take this (no tripod).
March 3, 2026, Lunar Eclipse from Huntsville, Alabama. Photo by my brother, Bob Koehn, from his phone.
Northern lights taken with my iPhone (3-second exposure) in Huntsville, Alabama. I could barely see it with my eye. November 11, 2025, around 8:30 pm Central.
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
October 14, 2024, in the evening.
October 10, 2024, from Huntsville. Not as bright as May’s auroras, but it was still visible to the naked-eye!
Rainbow from my backyard on July 22, 2025
This was taken on January 30, 2001—an alignment of planets, with Jupiter in the upper-left corner, with Saturn near the lower-right. Then you have the Moon with Venus to the right. And finally, Mercury is just visible to the lower right next to a tree. A grand alignment of sorts! I found the clouds made this shot interesting!
An oldie but goodie from 10 years ago. Music by Henry Mancini from the movie Hatari. Still fun to watch and listen to!