The one and a half minutes of fame of empty Spain: the total eclipse will hide the Camino de Santiago
From full rural hotels to uncertainty over hostels that do not accept reservations, the towns on the Jacobean route are using their experience with pilgrims to cope with an indeterminate wave of visits for the astronomical phenomenon.
The Camino de Santiago will be plunged into darkness in the middle of the day, at 20:28 on August 12. At that time, an elongated shadow will arrive at a hypersonic speed (more than 7,000 kilometers per hour) and will cover practically the entire Jacobean route at the same time for about 1 minute and 30 seconds. Only the final destination —the last sections, already in Compostela— and the initial stages of the pilgrimage —until passing Pamplona— will continue to see the light of the Sun, as they are outside the band of totality of the eclipse.
In EL PAÍS, we want to know how you, our readers, are preparing for the astronomical phenomenon of August 12. Send us to participacion@elpais.es your testimony of how you are preparing or how your town or city will receive the eclipse. You can include photos if you want. Next Monday, August 10, we will publish some of the eclipse stories from our readers.
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