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Astrophotographer Josh Dury reports from the island of Menorca, exploring the historical and astronomical significance of this remarkable location for viewing a total solar eclipse. Discover why Menorca offers a compelling setting for experiencing one of nature’s most spectacular celestial events.

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00:00This is Josh Jewelry, landscape pastoral photographer reporting for space.com
00:05here on Wednesday the 12th of August 2026 from the island of Menorca. Why did I choose this
00:12location? Not only personal connection to the island, but the astronomy that's going to happen
00:18here. So it's largely reported that the last total eclipse seen over Spain was the year 1905,
00:26but looking over 2000 years of NASA database archives, I found that Menorca hasn't seen true
00:33totality in 487 years and coincidentally the last total eclipse before that was in the year 603 AD
00:44on the same day on the 12th of August. So if we're lucky, if that sky affirms and clears up
00:51well,
00:51we are in for one rare future graph.
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