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It will have booked up quicker than this year's event, at least in part, because totality touches a much smaller portion of European territory, so those for who travel to parts…
by dspillett · Sep 6, 2026
88% Totality here. Queues to buy glasses for 10 bucks the day of the eclipse were hours long.
by lopis · Sep 6, 2026
The eclipse is also going to pass directly over Abha, Saudi Arabia. The high elevation parts of Saudi Arabia in that region are already their own modest successful tourist attra…
by walrus01 · Sep 6, 2026
I hope that they were safe and certified. There is probably much incentive to sell fakes. https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/how-to-tell-if-viewers-ar... I'v…
by ButlerianJihad · Sep 6, 2026
In Berlin for example all shops ran out of eclipse viewing glasses, people were selling them on eBay & co. at 15 -35 euros a pair…
by dudefeliciano · Sep 6, 2026
> I planned for this year's eclipse two years in advance, and it was a bit disappointing: the eclipse, just before sunset, disappeared behind some wisps of clouds just before th…
by embedding-shape · Sep 6, 2026
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An eclipse is an astronomical event which occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. This alignment of three celestial objects is known as a syzygy. An eclipse is the result of either an occultation or a transit. A "deep eclipse" is when a small astronomical object is behind a bigger one. Read more on Wikipedia