2026 Total Solar Eclipse Imagery - Science Experiments
On Aug. 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will swept across Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal.
Below is a collection of imagery from the 2026 total solar eclipse.
NASA's WB-57 aircraft captured the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse from the skies of Iceland. The views were captured by SAMI, a camera on the nose of the plane used to study the Sun's corona.
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NASA's WB-57 aircraft takes off from Keflavik airport in Iceland to take science observations of the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse.
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NASA's WB-57 aircraft takes off from Keflavik airport in Iceland to take science observations of the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse.
Credit: NASA/Abbey Interrante
NASA's WB-57 aircraft prepares for the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse at Keflavik airport in Iceland. During totality, the aircraft captures science observations of the corona, the Sun's outer atmosphere from the skies.
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NASA's WB-57 aircraft prepares for the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse at Keflavik airport in Iceland. During totality, the aircraft captures science observations of the corona, the Sun's outer atmosphere from the skies.
Credit: NASA/Abbey Interrante
NASA's WB-57 aircraft prepares for the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse at Keflavik airport in Iceland. During totality, the aircraft captures science observations of the corona, the Sun's outer atmosphere from the skies.
Credit: NASA/Abbey Interrante
NASA's WB-57 aircraft prepares for the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse at Keflavik airport in Iceland. During totality, the aircraft captures science observations of the corona, the Sun's outer atmosphere from the skies.
Credit: NASA/Abbey Interrante
The NASA-funded Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project prepares to launch balloons in Mosfellsbær, Iceland, during the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse.
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The NASA-funded Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project prepares to launch balloons in Mosfellsbær, Iceland, during the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse.
Credit: NASA/Abbey Interrante
The NASA-funded Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project prepares to launch balloons in Mosfellsbær, Iceland, during the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse.
Credit: NASA/Abbey Interrante
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Editor
- Elizabeth C. Wilk (eMITS)
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Photographer
- Abbey A. Interrante (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM EDT.