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It's Total Eclipse Day here in Spain, and I have my glasses ready 😎 The last eclipse I could have seen (back in '99) totally passed me by for some reason, so I've been excitedly awaiting this day for years.

Mike Hall

@thisismikehall.com

I'm EXTREMELY fortunate to live not only in the path of totality (Valencia) but to also have a west-facing balcony. Totality will be roughly half an hour before sunset at 4º above the horizon - so just above the yellow crane in the 2nd picture. Fingers crossed that no clouds obscure the view! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

12/8/26, 7:32 am0 reposts7 likes

Mike Hall

@thisismikehall.com

12 Aug

BTW - not that I wish to give away TOO much information about my location - for the transport infrastructure-curious among you, that's our local high-speed rail station in the middle foreground undergoing an extension in the photo. 🚄 🏗️

Helge Fahrnberger

@helge.at

12 Aug

Valencia is such a nice city 🫶

Mike Hall

@thisismikehall.com

12 Aug

Here we go here we go here we gooooo (apols for the crappy iPhone pic)

Mike Hall

@thisismikehall.com

12 Aug

So cool #TotalEclipse2026 #eclipse

Mike Hall

@thisismikehall.com

12 Aug

Just realised that you can see a plane taking off from Valencia airport near the lower right corner of both photos (look for the small point of light above the buildings). The same plane flew right over us about 30 secs after the sun remerged. Hope they got a good view of it as they took off 🛫