Re:2026 Eclipse Webcams
by davidricodias on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @08:22AM
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Colmenar Viejo seems a great spot ;)
Re:2026 Eclipse Webcams
by embedding-shape on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @08:26AM
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Only 7 hours away :D I'm in the Maresme area, so probably will end up between València and Tarragona on some mountain :) Thanks for the tip though, I'll forward it to my Madrid friends.
Mountains close to leon?
Re:2026 Eclipse Webcams
by iancuandrei on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @08:35AM
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I'll go somewhere around Bilbao
Re:2026 Eclipse Webcams
by Al-Khwarizmi on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @08:49AM
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I'm from A Coruña so I should be able to just go down to the street, walk like 100 m and see it. I just hope clouds don't spoil the show (at the moment it's looking good, but here you never know).
Re:2026 Eclipse Webcams
by embedding-shape on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @04:08PM
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How it ended up? South of Catalunya was clear sky as far as the eye could see, was a great evening :) We got maybe 30-40 seconds of totality I think in the end.
Re:2026 Eclipse Webcams
by Al-Khwarizmi on Thursday August 13, 2026 @10:34AM
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It ended up very unlucky... the forecast was good, the sky was totally clear at 6 pm, but clouds quickly started to form and in the total phase it was fully covered.
I got mad and ragebooked a flight to Málaga to see next year's one :D
Re:2026 Eclipse Webcams
by embedding-shape on Friday August 14, 2026 @04:34AM
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Oh no, that's sad! Better luck next year indeed! We're thinking of Tunisia instead, take advantage and visit our African neighbors across the sea :)
I'm in Valencia, planning to watch it from the beach.
Also in Valencia and the beach is a great idea.
A little too late to travel from Barcelona, but anywhere in the province of Teruel or the east part of Guadalajara is inside totality area, will have great weather, clear skies and is endemically underpopulated, so, even with eclipse-chasers coming for the occasion, it will be orders of magnitude less crowded than the coast.
As for myself, I'll be watching it from here: https://theeclipse.app/2026-total/maps/default?lng=-3.562706...
Free bonus: These areas are generally quite high over sea level (like ~1000m or so) and have very low light contamination, so the night sky is great.
So, if you wait 3-4 hours after the eclipse, you'll be able to enjoy a great moonless sky, with plenty of stars, the Milky Way and, hopefully, some Perseids!!
Re:2026 Eclipse Webcams
by embedding-shape on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @03:54PM
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I love Teruel in general, didn't have time to go that far though as you mentioned! We ended up heading towards Tarragona, got tired of the traffic and stopped at Cubelles/Cunit, ended on top of a parking garage of Mercadona with a bunch of other people. Was perfect, clear sky and close enough to home :)
I think we ended up getting 30-40 seconds of totality or so, but lost count as I was watching it.
Any more Spanish HNers (or temporary visitors) who are going to any specific places to see it? :)