# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Db_SePSltfz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68995455-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-13T17:36:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

A dance of darkness and light

This composite image shows the total solar eclipse from beginning to end, as seen in San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain on Aug. 12, 2026.

While eclipses are beautiful and magical to experience, they're also a great opportunity for science. Total solar eclipses are particularly important because they allow scientists to see a part of the Sun’s atmosphere known as the corona. The corona is too faint to see except when the bright light of the Sun is blocked.

Studying the corona is key to answering important questions about how heat and energy are transferred from the Sun out into the solar wind, the constant stream of particles that the Sun spews into the solar system.

Credit: NASA

#NASA #Sun #SolarEclipse #Moon

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