How to Photograph a Total Solar Eclipse, According to Experts Who Chase Them Around the World
Photographers and eclipse chasers booked travel months ahead and brought specialist gear as the Moon’s shadow crossed Europe.
- On Wednesday, parts of Europe will be plunged into daytime darkness as the moon passes in front of the Sun, marking the region's first total solar eclipse in more than 25 years.
- Photographer Mark Griffiths began chasing celestial events six years ago after a trip to Shetland; he now leads tour groups to Iceland monthly and describes the pursuit as 'like an addiction.'
- Andrew Wills is traveling to Majorca with his wife and 90-year-old father, booked at a villa near Andraitx; he explains the Sun is 400 times bigger than the moon but 400 times closer, creating a perfect shadow.
- Samantha Phillips-Brown and Gregory booked flights and a camper van more than a year ago to reach Iceland's Westfjords peninsula before anticipated road closures. Samantha recalls 'the Sun start going dark and hear, suddenly, the birds stop chirping' as a transformative experience.
- Gregory reflects on how Iceland's first settlers more than a millennium ago must have experienced the eclipse as terrifying mythology rather than science. Modern chasers share the sentiment: 'We're amazingly lucky to be alive.
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