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[NASA] Stops Along the Path of Totality

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The glacier-capped Snæfellsjökull volcano is the defining feature of Iceland’s Snæfellsnes peninsula, shown in this image acquired with the
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(Operational Land Imager) on
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on July 25, 2026.
NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison

The Sun, Moon, and Earth align on August 12, 2026, to produce a total solar eclipse. When this celestial event last occurred, on April 8, 2024, the path of totality

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, giving millions the chance to glimpse the
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. In 2026, the viewing locales are more limited; only a handful of land areas in the Northern Hemisphere, including parts of Iceland and Spain, fall within the path of totality.

On

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, the Moon’s shadow will first cross over the Arctic Circle from northern Russia and then track along the eastern side of Greenland. At about 5:45 p.m. local time in Iceland (17:45 Universal Time), the country’s western fringes—including the
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, shown in the Landsat image above—will begin to experience totality. The
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will occur near this sparsely populated peninsula when the Moon appears the largest and covers more of the Sun.

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The path of totality of the solar eclipse on August 12, 2026, spans Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. The base imagery for the map comes from 
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, with data from
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shown in the path of totality. Blue Marble is built from scenes captured by
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 (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), while ****** Marble is based on observations by the
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 (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) 
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NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison

The Snæfellsjökull volcano on the western end of the peninsula is covered in ice and last erupted about 1,800 years ago. It is the highlight of a

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of the same name, where people are expected to visit to
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. The stratovolcano even has a literary claim to fame: in Jules Verne’s A Journey to the Center of the Earth, characters venture underground through its crater, later emerging in an eruption of
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, in Italy. In 2025, a broader area of the peninsula was designated a UNESCO
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, containing over 70 percent of Iceland’s flora and an agglomeration of volcanic landscapes, wetlands, and grasslands.

From Iceland, the eclipse shadow, or umbra, progresses across the North Atlantic and reaches northern Spain shortly before sunset. It runs east-southeast across the country, much like the

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(Río Ebro), seen in the Landsat image below.

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The Ebro River, meandering across northern Spain in this image acquired with the
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(Operational Land Imager) on
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on July 21, 2026, is in the path of totality of the August 2026 solar eclipse.
NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison

The upper Ebro emerges from rugged terrain in

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, where it carves canyons and gorges through the eastern foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains. It then meanders through
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, a region known for its vineyards. About 400 kilometers (250 miles) away, the river reaches a delta on the Mediterranean coast between Barcelona and Valencia.

Based on satellite measurements of

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in August over several decades, viewers in Spain have a higher likelihood than those in Iceland of getting a clear look at the eclipse. And despite limited viewing opportunities in the path of totality, the rest of Europe, parts of Africa, Canada, and the northern and northeastern U.S. will experience a
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NASA Earth Observatory images and map by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the 

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, base imagery from
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and
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, and eclipse path data from
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. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

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July 25, 2026

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August 12, 2026

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July 21, 2026

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References & Resources

  • NASA (2026)
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    . Accessed August 11, 2026.
  • NASA (2026, July 31)
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    . Accessed August 11, 2026.
  • NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (2025, July 13)
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    . Accessed August 11, 2026.
  • NASA Space Place (2024, March 29)
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    . Accessed August 11, 2026.
  • Patrimonio Natural de Castilla y León,
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    . Accessed August 11, 2026.
  • Snæfellsjökull National Park (2026)
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    . Accessed August 11, 2026.
  • UNESCO (2025)
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    . Accessed August 11, 2026.

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