Hey everyone! This is my first time photographing a solar eclipse with real gear (as opposed to my camera phone lol).

After seeing the one in 2024 and being blown away, I resolved to invest money in some decent gear and time into learning how to take decent photos.

I traveled to Mallorca, Spain and took over 1,000 photos/videos. Unfortunately, I have a giant laptop instead of a nice travel laptop, so I haven't been able to properly edit any of my footage yet.

In the meantime: please enjoy a couple of my rough drafts that I was able to touch up on my tablet!

Photo 1: It was clear skies until just before totality, But then some light cloud wisps rolled in. I thought it would ruin the last moments before totality, but I think it ended up looking really cool!

Photo 2: Totality! The original started out SUPER dark, but luckily I was able to bring out all the highlights. It kinda reminds me of the poster for the movie Armageddon.

Whenever I get back home from my travels, I'll be able to do some serious editing and out out some better stuff, but for now we're stuck with the rough drafts.

Which one do you like best?

Photos taken from Galicia

Canon EOS 90D + Sigma 150 - 600

Just wanted to share a picture I took of the total eclipse from yesterday that I liked so much.
The picture was taken with an iPhone 16 Pro Max, Photo mode and zoom between 2X and 5X (I don’t remember the exact number).

At this point I was not using the eclipse lenses for the camera, so this was the closest of what you could see in person.

I am still amazed.

Location: Picassent, Valencia - Spain
Date: 12/08/2026 ~20:30

Sunset from August 7, 2026

I was hoping to see at least a partial eclipse, but this time around we are too far south. However, I was able to get a nice shot of the sun encircled by the clouds, creating this rainbow effect.

paar duizend foto’s kunnen nemen van de zonsverduistering. hier is timelapse met resultaat.

When did eclipses pass from mystic into scientific?

https://rockettalk.substack.com/p/ancient-science-of-solar-eclipses

Modern interpretations of eclipses in the ancient world make us believe they were viewed as omens of good and evil, portents of war and peace, and even interventions of a deity. Too often though we are quick to exclude the reality that these events were studied in a fashion we usually only credit to after the Scientific Revolution.

Effective study of the heavens has always been meticulous in time and detail, no matter the culture that conducted it.

My own pictures of today's total eclipse, taken from Lérida, Spain.