{"id":8698,"date":"2026-08-03T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/13-amazing-things-to-see-during-the-total-solar-eclipse-on-aug-12\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:00:00","slug":"13-amazing-things-to-see-during-the-total-solar-eclipse-on-aug-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdgundem.com\/en\/13-amazing-things-to-see-during-the-total-solar-eclipse-on-aug-12\/","title":{"rendered":"13 amazing things to see during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Mention that a total solar eclipse is coming, and almost nobody will say, &#8220;Wow, we get to see the solar corona!&#8221; That&#8217;s despite the sun&#8217;s tenuous outer atmosphere being the number one sight during totality \u2014 a genuine jaw-dropper.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the focus on social media is always on the darkness during the day, arguably the least interesting \u2014 but easiest to grasp \u2014 aspect of a total <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/15584-solar-eclipses.html\"><u>solar eclipse<\/u><\/a>. It&#8217;s no wonder that many people misunderstand and underestimate them, and think of eclipse chasers as a little odd.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not the half of it. There are dozens of things to see and experience during a total solar eclipse, so many that we&#8217;ve put together a checklist of things to see as you&#8217;re swallowed by the moon&#8217;s shadow. Here&#8217;s what you may experience during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/total-solar-eclipse-2026-a-complete-guide\"><u>solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026<\/u><\/a>, roughly in the order they occur from first contact \u2014 when the moon begins to eclipse the sun \u2014 to fourth contact, when it departs.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>1. Sunspots<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"close up view of sun during the partial phase of solar eclipse there are several dark regions on the sun, these are sunspots.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JULk4XhUfAhSSVX3y5qxDn.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"3025\" height=\"1702\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JULk4XhUfAhSSVX3y5qxDn.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expand-button icon-expand-image icon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Look for sunspots during the partial phases. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Stan Honda \/ AFP) (Photo by STAN HONDA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one everyone in both the partial and total eclipse zones can see on Aug. 12, 2026. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/55-earths-moon-formation-composition-and-orbit.html\"><u>the moon<\/u><\/a>&#8216;s silhouette moves across the sun, look through your ISO-certified safe solar eclipse glasses\/solar filters. With luck, you&#8217;ll see the edge of the moon move across dark spots on the solar surface. These are sunspots, cool patches where the sun&#8217;s magnetic field is concentrated and complex. They&#8217;re where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/solar-flares-effects-classification-formation\"><u>solar flares<\/u><\/a> come from.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>2. Planets<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"total solar eclipse over a large body of water and a orange sky near the horizon.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Hmy2xM2rKYiUjnyaN6urCC.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"6720\" height=\"3780\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/Hmy2xM2rKYiUjnyaN6urCC.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expand-button icon-expand-image icon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Venus is below the eclipse in this image from April 8, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Photo by: Alan Dyer\/VWPics\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You&#8217;ll often hear someone shout, &#8220;There&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/44-venus-second-planet-from-the-sun-brightest-planet-in-solar-system.html\"><u>Venus<\/u><\/a>!&#8221; during the totality phase of a total solar eclipse, to which your response should rightly be: &#8220;Who cares?&#8221; as you focus on the much rarer sight of the solar corona. The correct time to look for planets is about 15 minutes before totality, when \u2014 on Aug. 12, 2026 \u2014 Jupiter will appear about 11 degrees west-northwest, with tiny <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/36-mercury-the-suns-closest-planetary-neighbor.html\"><u>Mercury<\/u><\/a> about 4 degrees beyond. Venus will be much farther away, about 46\u00b0 east-southeast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/58-the-sun-formation-facts-and-characteristics.html\"><u>the sun<\/u><\/a>, but easy to see. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html\"><u>Mars<\/u><\/a> will be low in the west, but much more difficult to see.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>3. Crescent-shaped shadows<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a shadow of a hand holding a colander and crescent shapes appearing through the holes.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6RRkLPj4qorxZebhjVBvxN.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1193\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/6RRkLPj4qorxZebhjVBvxN.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expand-button icon-expand-image icon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Use a colander to create projections of crescent suns. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Andrew Holt via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another one everyone can look out for during a deep partial solar eclipse. When over 50% of the sun is eclipsed, crescent-shaped shadows begin to appear on the ground beneath trees. It&#8217;s sunlight passing through tiny gaps, which act like the aperture control on a camera. The best way to see them is to grab a colander or spaghetti spoon \u2014 or anything with small, defined holes. Failing that, cross your fingers in a waffle pattern and you&#8217;ll project diffuse crescents.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>4. Shadow bands<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet>\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one for eclipse chasers in Spain. About two minutes before and after totality, it&#8217;s sometimes possible to see wavy lines on white surfaces. It&#8217;s the reduced light from the crescent sun being refracted by atmospheric turbulence, and, for some reason, it&#8217;s much more noticeable when the eclipse is low in the sky \u2014 as it will be from Spain. They&#8217;re called shadow bands or &#8220;shadow snakes&#8221;. Pack as large a white sheet as you can (or borrow one from your bemused hotel).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>5. Plunging light and heat<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a group of people watch an ecilpse, there is an eerie light.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8XP647gmsouHgVbTWREW6a.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"5000\" height=\"2813\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8XP647gmsouHgVbTWREW6a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expand-button icon-expand-image icon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The light levels suddenly plummet just prior to totality. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Photo by Dimitrios Manis\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the partial eclipse reaches about 80%, you&#8217;ll begin to notice it getting cooler. By the time it&#8217;s just seconds before totality, it will be chilly as the light levels around you crash like nothing else you have experienced. &#8220;Darkness in the day&#8221; does not do it justice \u2014 it&#8217;s as if the world is ending. Even experienced eclipse chasers get a knot in their stomach about now as a primordial fear kicks in. That feeling is not helped by looking at the others around you, who, in the eerie, silvery light, suddenly look almost ghoulish.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>6. The moon&#8217;s shadow<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet>\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is a tricky thing to see. The prelude to totality is the arrival of the moon&#8217;s umbral shadow, which will race across observers at about 2,200 mph (Greenland and Iceland) to about 12,000 mph (in eastern Spain, where the shadow is by then oblique and about to skip off the Earth). You&#8217;ll need an elevated position \u2014 perhaps the side of a valley \u2014 looking northwest for this sight, and preferably a relatively uniform landscape. It&#8217;s something you can attempt to capture using a GoPro or similar.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>7. Diamond rings and Baily&#8217;s beads<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sun with the moon covering all but a tiny portion where light shines through in bead like formation - known as baily&apos;s beads.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/o3dcrLiUCGX4RphxftoY2k.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"2122\" height=\"1194\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Baily&#8217;s beads appear just before and after totality. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: by Marc Guitard via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These are trademarks of totality, but require care to see. As the eclipse nears totality, a spectacular drop of sunlight (the diamond ring) breaks into tiny so-called Baily&#8217;s beads of light streaming through the moon&#8217;s valleys. When the final bead vanishes, totality begins. The opposite happens a few minutes later at the end of totality, when a Baily&#8217;s bead appears, then a few more, quickly coalescing into a second diamond ring. Do what experienced eclipse chasers do and ignore the first round \u2014 you&#8217;ll just end up with an after-image in your eyes, which will affect your vision just as the corona pops into view. Besides, it&#8217;s the second diamond ring that&#8217;s the real &#8220;wow&#8221; moment that ends totality. Its arrival means it&#8217;s time to put your solar eclipse glasses back on.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>8. Solar corona<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"total solar eclipse whereby the sun is full covered by the moon and we see the white streamers of the sun&apos;s outer atmosphere, the corona.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/fbcG8Mt7MUUhmPjZMjtyqB.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"5400\" height=\"3038\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/fbcG8Mt7MUUhmPjZMjtyqB.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expand-button icon-expand-image icon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Seeing the sun&#8217;s corona is the main attraction during the totality phase of a total solar eclipse. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Photo by: Alan Dyer\/VW Pics\/UIG via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is what you came to see. The sun&#8217;s corona, its outer atmosphere, is where solar flares and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/coronal-mass-ejections-cme\"><u>coronal mass ejections<\/u><\/a> come from. It&#8217;s the hottest part of the sun. It&#8217;s always there \u2014 but hidden from view by the much brighter surface of the sun, its photosphere. Only when the photosphere is blocked by the moon \u2014 totality \u2014 can the corona be seen. During this time, it&#8217;s essential that you remove your solar eclipse glasses to see the tenuous halo around the silhouette of the moon. It&#8217;s a surreal and remarkable sight. Should you bring binoculars just to look at the corona during totality, even if it&#8217;s only for a few seconds? Yes! This may be the most beautiful thing you will ever see.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>9. Solar chromosphere<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"close up view of the sun completely blocked by the moon, there is a distinct pink outline especially around the top of the eclipse.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/C4v2WVDCVAmmipHagc3rSN.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"5000\" height=\"2813\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/C4v2WVDCVAmmipHagc3rSN.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expand-button icon-expand-image icon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The chromosphere is fleetingly seen as a crimson line visible during totality. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Photo by Chris Weeks\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just after totality begins and just before it ends, a thin crimson line appears where the diamond ring just was and is about to be. This is the chromosphere, a layer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17160-sun-atmosphere.html\"><u>sun&#8217;s atmosphere<\/u><\/a> just above the photosphere. It&#8217;s a fleeting sight used by scientists to capture a &#8220;flash&#8221; spectrum that shows exactly what chemical elements are in the sun&#8217;s atmosphere.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>10. Solar prominences<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"close up view of a total solar eclipse showing towering large pink features on the outskirts of the eclipse.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2GqrSTq5gCGFFxkVZ2UzuZ.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"3134\" height=\"1763\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/2GqrSTq5gCGFFxkVZ2UzuZ.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expand-button icon-expand-image icon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Prominences are towers of plasma in the sun&#8217;s chromosphere. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Photo by STAN HONDA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the most surprising aspects of witnessing a total solar eclipse is a view of prominences during totality, bright pink spikes or loops that appear around the moon&#8217;s silhouette. These are cool plasma structures extending from the chromosphere into the corona, usually lasting days or weeks. They&#8217;re particularly obvious when the sun is close to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/what-is-solar-maximum-and-when-will-it-happen\"><u>solar maximum<\/u><\/a> \u2014 as it is right now.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>11. Totality &#8216;sunset&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image of the phases of the total solar eclipse there is a tree in the foreground and a orange sky on the horizon.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/WMWJnCG6uRwFa6MDTP5MAi.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"1936\" height=\"1089\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/WMWJnCG6uRwFa6MDTP5MAi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expand-button icon-expand-image icon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">A composite of the trail of a total solar eclipse over the totality sunset.\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Mark Chivers via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Totality will be short for many eclipse chasers on Aug. 12, 2026, but if you can take your eyes off the solar corona, glance at the colors in the sky close to the horizon \u2014 it looks like a 360-degree sunset. If it&#8217;s cloudy and you miss the corona, the colors around you can be particularly memorable.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>12. Meteors<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a meteor streaks through the sky in the center of the image. the sky glows red closer to the horizon.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BzMWj2SvPDDXfADHQZ6af7.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1193\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The Perseid meteor shower peaks on Aug. 12-13, 2026. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: zhengshun tang via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By remarkable coincidence, the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, comes only a few hours before the peak of the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/32868-perseid-meteor-shower-guide.html\"><u>Perseid meteor shower<\/u><\/a>. Expect about 20-40 &#8220;shooting stars&#8221; to be visible every hour around midnight and into the early hours of Aug. 13, though among eclipse chasers, those in rural Spain will have a better chance since there are more hours of darkness than in Iceland and Greenland. Could there be a &#8220;shooting star&#8221; during totality? It&#8217;s possible \u2014 but to see it, you&#8217;d have to be looking away from the solar corona, which would be a mad thing to do.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\"><span>13. Aurora borealis<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"green ribbons of light sweep across the sky above water and a distant ice-covered landmass\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NQyG7VQZxr6TcqxLd7wA8H.jpg\" align=\"middle\" width=\"2120\" height=\"1193\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NQyG7VQZxr6TcqxLd7wA8H.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"expand-button icon-expand-image icon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Aurora is unlikely, but possible during totality in Iceland and Greenland. <\/span><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: WanRu Chen via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Is it a long shot? Yes. Is it possible? Also yes. The specter of the aurora borealis appearing during totality in the skies above Iceland and Greenland during totality is getting eclipse chasers excited. The reality is that totality is never as dark as people think \u2014 it&#8217;s a twilight \u2014 plus aurora on the day-side of Earth is not nearly as strong as on the night-side. It could happen \u2014 though more likely is a display of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/15139-northern-lights-auroras-earth-facts-sdcmp.html\"><u>northern lights<\/u><\/a> late at night, particularly in Iceland, where the night sky does get sufficiently dark in mid-August, and auroras are commonly seen at that time of year.<\/p>\n<\/article>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mention that a total solar eclipse is coming, and almost nobody will say, &#8220;Wow, we get to see the solar corona!&#8221; That&#8217;s despite the sun&#8217;s tenuous outer atmosphere being the number one sight during totality \u2014 a genuine jaw-dropper. 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