NASA APOD features hard-won eclipse shot from Greenland
The photograph, published by NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day service on 14 August 2026, shows the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 as it traversed the Arctic and Europe.
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day service published a photograph on 14 August 2026 capturing the total solar eclipse that occurred on 12 August 2026. The image, credited to Aditya Madhavan, was taken at 17:33:26 UTC along Rype Fjord on the east coast of Greenland.
The total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 traversed a path beginning in the Arctic Ocean, crossing parts of Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, and northern Spain. The photograph depicts the transient diamond ring effect and the solar corona emerging as totality began.
The specific coordinates of the photograph’s location are 71.07055N, 27.71252W. The image is described as a hard-won snapshot taken after the photographer dodged weather by sea.
The publication date of the APOD feature is 14 August 2026, two days after the eclipse event. The eclipse path included the Atlantic Ocean, a detail not explicitly highlighted in the event digest’s location list.
The APOD service is a daily feature provided by NASA, resulting from a collaboration between the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Science Activation, and Michigan Technological University.
A separate APOD feature on 13 August 2026 highlighted images of the same eclipse taken over Spain by Ruiyu Zhang.
