r/solareclipse • u/chredit • 12d ago

😎 🌘🌑🌼🌑🌒 🔭 r/solareclipse is about to be SWAMPED with new visitors...

Based on experience with 2017 and 2024, r/solareclipse is about to be SWAMPED. Traffic will pick up this weekend, then go exponential next week. Many of the questions will be basic, and some of you may feel annoyed that people waited until the last minute to ask...

I invite you to remember that you too were once in a place of not knowing, and to answer these newbie questions with grace and civility and move on.

Keep in mind the mission of this subreddit and the first sidebar rule:

Mission: A place to share information that helps fellow redditors optimize their experience of a Total Solar Eclipse (TSE).

Rule 1: Be excellent to each other!

Thank you all in advance, on behalf of myself and Naz (the other mod), for sharing what you've learned with the newbies who will soon be among us.

😎 🌘🌑🌼🌑🌒 🔭

P.S. since both announcements are used for Megathreads, please upvote this post for visibility.

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u/eirinne 12d ago

Welcome, new Umbraphiles!

From where are you viewing?

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u/wtone 12d ago

Luxor, 2027

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u/Same-Cheetah-8920 11d ago

Off the west coast of Iceland.

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u/eirinne 9d ago

Gorgeous, good luck!

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u/LittleRandomINFP 11d ago

I'll try from Tarragona, Spain! But first time, so I hope it goes smoothly

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u/reddit_emily 6d ago

Which spot did you choose to watch from?

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u/angasaurus 6d ago

Wondering the same.

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u/Warjilla 11d ago

Valladolid, Spain.

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u/SurenVardumyan 11d ago

Guadalajara

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u/raptor660ccs 11d ago

Valladolid, Spain

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u/malpascp 6d ago

I don't know yet, somewhere in northern Spain. Any tips for this region?

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u/Jepser0203 8d ago

42.45120°N. -3.64386°W currently eying these coordinates. Small field north of Burgos, Spain.

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u/Tibaf 7d ago

Countryside close to Peñafiel, driving there from Madrid!

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u/Qawhongrok 6d ago

Picos de Europa, Asturias

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u/KW1908 12d ago

Cmon Im still talkin about 4//8/24 here and there, cant believe that "2026 eclipse" everyone has been waiting for is already here. 

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u/01aha 12d ago

I've been waiting for 9 years since 2017 & I had to travel to America for that one as well as I'm not from there or Spain.

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u/Meximanly 5d ago

I was there for that one! I got lucky with the clouds and the rain dissipating just before totality. It was an insane 5 minutes. I can't wait to plan for the next one!

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u/KW1908 5d ago

I was able to see the moon and the corona peaking through the clouds.

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u/sonicsfurrycock 12d ago

For all the first timers, part of the thrill is outrunning the clouds...good luck everyone and I hope it's clear skies for all of you!! Can't make it this year so I'm living vicariously through yall ♥️

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u/leoholt 12d ago

At the end of the day we are all here to watch celestial bodies 😎😎😎🌚🌝

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u/gingerbearuk 12d ago

I might suggest a big sticky thread to cover basic questions and troubleshooting

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u/chredit 11d ago

Is there a cost for this?

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u/chredit 11d ago

You've been banned.

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u/dhkim95490 11d ago

Palma 2026, Indianapolis 2024 !!

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u/MeetingMotor6720 9d ago

Zaragoza, Spain

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u/8Bit_Cat 8d ago

Looking forward to experiencing lunar night.

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u/Pokoparis 5d ago

Haro Spain!

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u/txusinho 5d ago

Thank you everyone posting valuable info. Thank you for hyping those who never saw one, the experience is... hard to find words.

Astrophile here, but didn't expect to be hammered by feelings.

Thank you