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[NASA] APOD: 2026 August 14 – Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

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Total Solar Eclipse from Greenland

Explanation:

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, the Moon’s shadow reached out to touch our fair planet. Beginning in the Arctic Ocean, it swept along a narrow track that led the dark lunar umbra across parts of Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, Portugal, and
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. And for a moment,
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who found themselves with clear skies under the shadow of the Moon could witness a total solar eclipse. After dodging the weather by sea and making a landing along Rype Fjord on the Greenland east coast (at 71.07055N, 27.71252W), this hard-won snapshot was captured at 17:33:26 UTC. That’s near the initial reach of clearing skies along
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, so the image is likely one of the first unobstructed views of the
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. Through a break in the clouds, the stunning photo also records one of this eclipse’s
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emerging near the moment totality began.

More spectacular eclipse images:

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Tomorrow’s picture: perhaps a Perseid

Date August 14, 2026
Credit & Copyright: Aditya Madhavan
Authors & editors: Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Robert Nemiroff, Keighley Rockcliffe
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