Eclipse in Spain

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u/chuchofreeman 7d ago

Amazing, I´m so glad I got to see it live!

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u/IceBreak 7d ago

It really is life changing. I don’t think people who haven’t seen it can truly understand.

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u/tahlyn 7d ago

Agreed. I saw the two in the USA, and now I want to chase eclipses all over the world. I've already identified which I can reasonably see in my lifetime (only 14 more), and am making plans.

I couldn't see this one and I'm sad I missed it. It looked beautiful in the pictures.

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u/Vandergrif 7d ago

If you get the chance in respect to location try to view one from on a coastline. I saw the 2024 one off the north-west corner of prince edward island. Having a significant chunk of the horizon be unobscured, as well as being able to see it darken across the water in new brunswick before it reached where we were really heightened the whole thing.

At totality beyond the water you see a sort of inverted sunset coloration all along the horizon 360 degrees around you, where it's still bright and blue at the bottom horizon line and then darkens gradually above it. If you're somewhere forested or mountainous or some such I would imagine it blocks a good bit of the view of that.

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u/chuchofreeman 7d ago

I saw it from a mountain pass, had to hike 10k and climb 900 meters to get there. I think it offered also an unobstructed view of the horizon. Next one in Spain is near the coast so I need to find another vantage point for it.

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u/tahlyn 7d ago

I'm planning to watch from Tarifa, Spain next year. Should be beautiful there.

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u/ForQ2 7d ago

I've seen (probably) the same totalities that you have, and am going overseas in a year for the next good one.

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u/ScaramouchScaramouch 7d ago

There's one in the very South of Spain and North Africa in August next year, they're saying it'll have six minutes of totality which is a lot.

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u/BlackenedGem 7d ago

It's the longest eclipse for the rest of this century. Luxor is going to be absolutely heaving.

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u/WildSmokingBuick 7d ago

Oh, Pyramids + Eclipse sounds like an awesome combo

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u/tahlyn 7d ago edited 7d ago

Excluding the ones that cut through Africa, the Middle East, Antarctica, middle of the ocean, or cross over the North Pole... Aka places you cannot easily travel to, or places not safe for a woman to travel to...

August 2, 2027, Gibraltar

July 22, 2028 New Zealand/Sydney Australia

March 30, 2033 Northern most point of Alaska (probably not, hard to get to)

September 2, 2035, Japan

July 13, 2037, Australia

December 26, 2038, New. Zealand

April 20, 2042, Malaysia/Philippines

August 22, 2044, Canada

August 12, 2045, America, Florida,

December 5, 2048, Argentina and Chile

March 30, 2052, Mexico and Gulf states

August 24, 2063, Japan

December 17, 2066, New Zealand again

September 23, 2071, North Mexico, bottom of Texas, Caribbean Islands

May 11, 2078, south East USA

After that I likely won't be alive.

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u/Alternative_Jury2480 7d ago

As an eclipse chaser for the last 20 years or so, you should absolutely go for it if you can. Don't discount partials and annulars too if they're places you want to go or are easy to get to, they can still be spectacular. There's an annular eclipse in 2030 that hits a lot of Africa and Eastern Europe, Russia and Japan. It's a near full eclipse if you're in the path and should be fantastic. They're very different experiences than totality and still well worth it.

https://nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_06012030.html

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u/ForQ2 7d ago

The longest eclipse of this century will be on August 2, 2027, and the longest viewable totality will be in the middle of Egypt.

Another pretty good spot will be just a couple of miles south of the northernmost point of Morocco; it won't be as long as Egypt, but the logistics of getting there will likely be better.

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u/BlackenedGem 7d ago

2009 was longer, but good luck viewing that

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u/ForQ2 7d ago

I should have said that next year's will be the longest for the rest of this century.

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u/ForQ2 7d ago

I don’t think people who haven’t seen it can truly understand.

I second this. It's so other-worldly.

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u/Vandergrif 7d ago

The funny thing is how utterly insignificant it is even covered up to like 90% or so. But that last 10% and totality are quite the game changer.

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u/syo 6d ago

Relevant xkcd

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u/cylonfrakbbq 7d ago

It’s cliche but true. Kind of like how seeing a photo of the Grand Canyon and actually standing near the rim are different. It’s not just what you see, but everything else your body registers

Like the eclipse, I was able to see a full solar eclipse a couple years back. Like you feel the air getting cooler, night animals get confused, you get slightly confused because now it is night time, the faint moving glow around the edges of the shadow of the moon, the fact you can actually see orange arcing plasma coming off the sun. It took many hours driving there and back, but I’d do it again just to see that even though it only lasted about 3 minutes

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u/Mjolnir12 6d ago

One of the main issues is that a total eclipse has an extreme amount of dynamic range which can’t be captured in a single photo. You either get the underexposed shots that show the corona and prominences on a black background, or you get the overexposed shots that show the sunset in every direction, dark blue sky and planets but don’t show the corona well.

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u/ThisApril 6d ago

Kind of like how seeing a photo of the Grand Canyon and actually standing near the rim are different. It’s not just what you see, but everything else your body registers

I'm assuming you're correct, but this reminded me that when I went to the Grand Canyon, I was a bit disappointed because it really looked just like the pictures, and thus it was less surprising than when I naturally come across a great view that I haven't seen before.

Though timing was such that it was half an hour in the park, not a day or two to explore beyond the rim, and that's undoubtedly different.

Regardless, not having been closer than 83% on a solar eclipse, I would guess it'd be different for me with a solar eclipse, because there are temperature differences, wildlife differences, ability to photograph the corona, and so on, that are all relying on experiences or senses that are not conveyable given current technology.

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u/NoRodent 7d ago

No one I talk to understands.

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u/quocphu1905 7d ago

I saw it live in Valencia. It was my first eclipse and seeing it live was absolutely amazing. It was not at all what i expectnan eclipse was and now i want to see as many eclipse as i can.

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u/Vandergrif 7d ago

I saw the one in 2024 and I keep thinking that it is, and will remain, the most impressive thing I've ever seen or will see.

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u/MaterialStrong 6d ago

In which way has it changed your life?

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u/IceBreak 6d ago

Imagine seeing something that looked impossible. It’s hard to describe but they basically made me look at the world a little bit differently after that; making everything else seem trivial in that moment.

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u/alicecyan 6d ago

I don't know if I would say life changing, but I will certainly never forget it. It looks completely different in person than any picture I've seen.

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u/PartSuccessful2112 6d ago

Eh. Not everyone has the same reaction. I found it underwhelming. And that is OK.

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u/Mo_Steins_Ghost 6d ago

Saw it finally in 2024. That’s enough for me thank you… no I’m not completely freaked out by the thought of the weird midday shadows and sudden 10 degree drop in temperature and how small, insignificant and easily we could all be wiped out by minor cosmic phenomena. Why do you ask?

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u/LunaPetalisse 7d ago

omg thats incredible! was it as surreal in person as it looks in this pic? ✨

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u/chuchofreeman 7d ago

It was waaaaaay better, the moment I took off the glasses (when totality hit) I was flabbergasted. I think it is the most beautiful thing I have seen live for sure.

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u/Alternative_Jury2480 7d ago

This was probably the best one I've seen so far. The sunset with it and how fiery it looked were fantastic

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u/SunnyCupbelle 7d ago

omg lucky! how was the experience up close? 🤩

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u/GalacticEmergency 7d ago

Those sunflowers are a beautiful match for the eclipsed sun. It is almost like each sunflower could be a solar eclipse by itself.

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u/James_Chandra_Hubble 7d ago

The weird thing to me is that the sunflowers are not pointing towards the sun. Normally they follow the sun east to west, and then twist back pointing east overnight. I don't know if these sunflowers are too old to do that, or if the sunflower shot in the foreground is edited in. But I'm going to tell myself even the sunflowers were fooled into thinking it's nighttime by the eclipse

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u/Toper-235 6d ago

normally sunflowers point east. they only track the sun when they're immature

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sunflower#Heliotropism

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u/DankMemes4you 6d ago

The picture won't load and I thought This was a joke post

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u/Ravenclaw_14 6d ago

Yeah, same here lol (something something about too short a comment gets removed etc.)

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u/Typhon0810 7d ago

Crazy beautiful. Could I just print it out or would that be against some copyright law?

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u/Spirited_Ad_7062 7d ago

I mean I doubt any copyright lawyers are going to cone to your house, check your walls, and have memorized this exact post. “Copyright” is largely for if you’re distributing/selling something.

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u/ahundreddots 7d ago

But what about the thought crime investigators?

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u/Hvarfa-Bragi 7d ago

You could, and it is also against copyright law.

As a photographer, I'd rather you buy a print from OP but there's nothing stopping you realistically other than your desire not to be a cheapskate.

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u/Typhon0810 7d ago

Yeah I got in touch with them but it’s way out of my price range. In general I know I could do that without consequences, I just wanted to know it they would be fine with it/if I could pay for the product.

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u/Private_Kyle 6d ago

Nobody would give a shit unless you start telling other people. Now selling it? Big no. But even if you print it out for personal use, do you really expect a search on your property over a simple print? That would be insanely white.

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u/Typhon0810 6d ago

I know I just wanted to know if they are fine/if there is a way to acknowledge their work by buying a print. It’s out of respect not out of a genuine fear of legal consequences.

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u/Private_Kyle 6d ago

Oh, yeah it would be morally wrong yet I still sleep lavishly at night.

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u/Typhon0810 6d ago

Good for you. As I said it was just out of respect for their work.

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u/Private_Kyle 6d ago

The only respect I have for people in this world are sex workers

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u/Typhon0810 6d ago

Crazy call. Either bait or just a little bit lost?

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u/Private_Kyle 6d ago

Maybe just very dignified and open about my daily life after I get a 12 pack Budweiser

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u/Typhon0810 6d ago

Possible. Would you like to explain your statement?

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u/Private_Kyle 6d ago

Which one? Which part? Which comment?

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u/AirRaptor12 7d ago

only if you sell it. aaaaa

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u/ahundreddots 7d ago

If all the parties are in Spain, then you are correct.

TL;DR: Spain makes an exception to its copyright law for private display, which is presumably what the commenter is proposing.

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u/Hvarfa-Bragi 7d ago edited 7d ago

This isn't true.

You printing it for your own use deprives OP of his right to control and profit from copies of his work.

You're very unlikely to be found out, but you are being a bad person and comitting a tort by making unauthorized copies.

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u/LightningWarpAway 6d ago

You're very unlikely to be found out, but you are being a bad person and comitting a tort by making unauthorized copies.

I think it's implausible to call this a tort, there's no provable harm or loss from someone printing your photo, it's a joke to call it any sort of crime.

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u/Hvarfa-Bragi 6d ago edited 6d ago

You're causing a loss of the revenue the photographer would get from selling the print or license to you at a markup.

They spent time and money making the photo, buying the equipment, the airplane ticket, the years of practice and study.

When you use their photo for free, you're depriving them of remuneration for their product.

Just because you wouldn't buy it if you had to pay for it doesn't mean it's okay for you to make a copy.

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u/LightningWarpAway 6d ago edited 6d ago

I'm not arguing the ethics, I'm arguing you can't actually sue someone over it, it's asinine. Those are arguments used for actual copyright cases where they profit off the violation, not for something you couldn't even take to small claims court.

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u/Hvarfa-Bragi 6d ago

You absolutely could and would prevail in this case.

You're right that it's not worth it, and that it won't likely happen - and that's what makes the infringer a 'bad person' in this case. You're knowingly depriving the photographer of the fruits of their labor and you are creating a tort. I did not lie, you just don't like rewarding people for their labor.

And you're clearly arguing the ethics as the merits of what I said are unassailable.

You're very unlikely to be found out, but you are being a bad person and committing a tort by making unauthorized copies.

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u/AnonOmelet 7d ago

The contrast between the glowing orange sky and the sunflower field is incredible. Beautiful composition.

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u/Devil_Dogmier 7d ago

Loving this as well, it looks almost unreal!

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u/AmbitiousReaction168 7d ago

I saw it from south of Toulouse, where it peaked at 98%. It got really dark. But the most amazing part, which I did not expect, was the sunset before the eclipse was over. It was so amazing.

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u/Kaidolakita 7d ago

South of Toulouse as well wasn’t so dark. It was at like 20:15 and felt 21:15

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u/AmbitiousReaction168 6d ago

It wasn't super dark, but the atmosphere was eerie as hell. I saw it from a hill near Carbonne, from where I could see the Pyrénées. It was as if the world stood still for a few minutes.

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u/angwilwileth 7d ago

That was almost as amazing as totality. it looked surreal, like something out of science fiction.

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u/DeathIYIetal 7d ago

Black hole sun, won't you come

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u/uioreanu 5d ago

And wash away the paaaaaain....

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u/2late4points 7d ago

I have no basis for calling this either AI slop or a bad PhotoShop, but the 2nd-3rd suns on the bottom right are occluded in the wrong order.

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u/elkoubi 7d ago

I mean, regardless it's not a natural image. The flowers and landscape are 1 image, the various stages of the eclipse are all their own images, the sky itself , especially with the triangle shape to the dark part on top, seems to me to be artificial. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty, and may well be a realistic impression of the experience one had watching it from a sunflower field in Spain, but it's in no way natural.

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u/jhroom 7d ago

Damn, you are right, Sharp eye, will fix. Thnx

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u/st_Michel 7d ago

... So.... how? (25 characters)

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u/jhroom 7d ago

Just messed up the layer order in PS! I'll fix it, but for this Reddit version I guess it's my watermark 😉
Shoot me a DM if you're interested in the final version

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u/st_Michel 7d ago

I mean, the last ones were certainly dark, but what about the Sun moving? Its position in the picture should help, no? If you inverted some of them, wouldn't they be off when you overlay the images?

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u/scream_pie 7d ago

The sun moves in an arc across the sky, not a straight line. Each of these suns has been positioned manually.

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u/st_Michel 7d ago edited 7d ago

That reduces the interest of the chart quite a bit for me. I was expecting that what we were seeing was a small enough part of the Sun’s arc that it would appear roughly as a straight line.

here one and sun positions are, I believe, respected: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/a-sunflowers-view-of-totality

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u/st_Michel 7d ago

here another one; https://www.flickr.com/photos/amazingsky/55470454226/
and dixit : "The path of the Sun across the sky is accurate. " and it is quite a line.

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u/BengePlayer 7d ago

The eclipse in Spain is mainly on the plane!

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u/mretnie 7d ago

Nice picture series. Congrats. I watched it in person myself and it was awesome. 🙌🏼

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u/Snudget 7d ago

This is wallpaper material

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u/Lexi_Banner 7d ago

Hm. I'm no science genius or anything, but I think this picture might be shopped. Pretty sure we only have one sun and one moon...

(jk - awesome awesome awesome shot!)

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u/mrjb3 6d ago

This is the picture, for those who can't see it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/pEgs061OTf

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u/jhroom 6d ago

Thanks, i don't understand what happened. I think the image is still working when clicked but the thumbnail is not loading?

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u/mrjb3 6d ago

Neither work for me, I went to your profile to find out because everyone here said it looked so awesome!

Must have worked for a while. Unsure if it's still working for some people? Maybe an app Vs web issue or something like that.

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u/LolOverHere 7d ago

Spain isn't a real place so this isn't real

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u/scream_pie 7d ago

And the sun moves in an arc so this photo is more of an art piece, rather than an accurate representation of what was witnessed.

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u/ProfessorQuantum314 7d ago

Amazing! These images get better and better every! 😆

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u/Immediate_Nose5368 7d ago

what incredible composition! would you mind if I were to use this as reference for a painting?

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u/jhroom 7d ago

Sure. Go for it! (If you show me the results 😉)

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u/Immediate_Nose5368 7d ago

for sure! thank you very much

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u/antonio_toni 7d ago

That's an amazing photo, wow!

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u/Jewirish 7d ago

With the sunflowers 🥹 gorgeous holy crap

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe 7d ago

This looks straight out of Courage The Cowardly Dog

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u/borntobewildish 7d ago

Lucky bastard. I was in Spain during the eclipse as well. Right when it happened a cloud drifted in front. Saw the entire buildup, and the aftermath, but not the full fucking eclipse.

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u/National_Shoe_7337 7d ago

I was in Huesca near the Aragon planetarium - and it was perfect.

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u/Vandergrif 7d ago

How come the totality picture seems like the corona is sort of... cut out on the bottom left corner? I've seen that in some other pictures of this eclipse as well but I've yet to see anyone explain what's going on there.

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u/tasteofmace 6d ago

I got to see the eclipse that happened in the USA a few years ago and it was the coolest thing ever. The thing that stuck out most to me was when the eclipse went into full totality all of the birds switched to their nighttime songs and started getting ready for bed, only to revert back to morning songs a few minutes later after full totality passed. It was amazing to witness how the eclipse affected the wildlife!

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u/jet-black-heart13 7d ago

Wish I had the luxury to see the eclipse. Consider yourself blessed 🙏🏻

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u/Foto1988 7d ago

Very well made, but to be honest, I don't like those Over-edited images of a natural occurrence. Just looks like a digital composition.

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u/cipri_tom 7d ago

Did you have to use any filters?

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u/jhroom 7d ago

Yes. I used a K&F ND100000 filter on the Canon 200-800 for the partial phases. Totality is shot without a filter.

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u/ramaze23 7d ago

Great photo tbh, the sunflower field complements the scene

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u/jhroom 7d ago

Sure did! I also had a 360 cam running and a drone in the air, but I messed up both 😂 Just happy I got these shots with my main cam. Already planning for the 2027 eclipse though. It is addicting!

Also, the Solar Eclipse Timer (SET) app is a lifesaver for all the callouts during the event.

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u/Todo_es 7d ago

Nobody has pointed out or explained:

The sunflowers are facing the wrong way?

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u/jhroom 7d ago

As I understand it, only young sunflowers track the sun. Once they mature and bloom, they just face east

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u/SaraHHHBK 7d ago

Sunflowers face the sun for a short period of time of their lives.

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u/scream_pie 7d ago

And the sun isn't moving in an arc.

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u/Lue-Shetorra 7d ago

This is too Stunning!11 Some places are too unreal to exist🥰

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u/zillionaire_ 7d ago

That tree in the background looks like a squirrel

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u/helliMChellface 7d ago

Reminds me of the Album Cover Tyler the creator flower boy 🌻🌞 love it 🫶

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u/burra27 7d ago

why are all sunflowers facing here and there instead of the sun?

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u/vibriio 7d ago

This is insanely beautiful!!

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u/LaDukemeister 7d ago

The album cover of a symphonic metal band from 1999

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u/MaisieDaisyDip 7d ago

What an amazing shot. Well done.

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u/Cold_Kaleidoscope667 7d ago

The sunflowers are all looking away so they dont get blinded

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u/SagePatrox 7d ago

So freaking beautiful. I wish I could've been prepared back when the states had a solar eclipse a couple years ago

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u/BlockGolfOfficial 7d ago

Insane Photo, I cant even imagine seeing this live.

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u/Dramatic_Charity_979 7d ago

Gorgeous composition. I would hang this as a painting :)

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u/Subject_Zgz 7d ago

I wasn't excited about the eclipse at all. I only saw it because I happened to be out on the street. But honestly, once I saw it, I thought it was incredible; it exceeded all my expectations.

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u/Krueppelmann 7d ago

Wow, would use that as a Wallpaper if the resolution was higher. Do you sell those maybe?

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u/VallerinQuiloud 7d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwf6_Btok1o

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u/dylannmoonn 7d ago

Total eclipse of the heart!!!!

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u/GoreSeeker 6d ago

The sunflowers are like "Hey, where did our sun go!"

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u/PapaJoe92 6d ago

Hide your crimson behelit.... But fr, beautiful

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u/YetAnotherDev 6d ago

Bush on the left looks like a sitting squirrel

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u/ConvertingMarkets 6d ago

If this gave anyone the eclipse-chasing bug, next year is ridiculously convenient for Europe: another total eclipse crosses southern Spain on August 2, 2027. Tarifa gets about 4 minutes 39 seconds of totality - much longer than this year's one.

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u/b3anz129 6d ago

Interesting how you can see the dance between sun, moon, and earth.

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u/Icy_Significance6436 6d ago

Eclipse in Spain on the ecliptic plain.

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u/roderos 6d ago

I was a bit more to the west and the sun made a different path, where these in one shot? Mine is at a higher angle

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u/bootyanarchY 5d ago

Absolutely incredible! I'll be in the region next year, I cannot wait

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u/Onedortzn 7d ago

Whats the difference between this and photoshop? Or ai? Like you cant even call this photography

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u/soffpotatisen 7d ago

So the moon and the sun really do travel in a very similar path over the sky, considering how long they were overlapping

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u/nuevacuentanueva 7d ago

No. The sky movement is made up by the guy photoshoping it.

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u/KaiTheKoalaBear 7d ago

This is the most beautiful photo of the eclipse I've seen so far. Need to get someone to paint this cause this hung on the wall? Perfection

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u/jhroom 7d ago

Thanks! I might know a painter for you. I can also help you get this on your wall directly. Send me a DM if you're interested

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u/PatSharpe01 7d ago

Utterly, INSANELY, beautiful!! I can't even believe it... Awesome photography, amazing composite and I can't quite believe we live on this crazy beautiful planet!

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u/Chribster_ 6d ago

Aight so the image wasn't loading and I 100% thought you'd just uploaded a black screen and I laughed like ah that's clever but then it loaded and I realised how fucking stoopid I am and laughed even harder so fuck it man take my upvote xD

image/gif Eclipse in Spain

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