The eclipse unites empty Spain with Morocco to reveal the secrets of the solar corona
Palencia will promote the largest cooperation and science project linked to the great astronomical phenomenon of August 12.
At the summer school in Frómista, boys and girls draw the Sun, as we have all done at some point, surrounded by a corona that almost no one has seen. However, that corona does exist. And the upcoming eclipse will give them the opportunity to check it out for themselves and from home, along with the 15 million Spaniards who live within the totality band.
“A total solar eclipse is the only possibility we have to see the solar corona with our own eyes. In my case, eyes full of tears for being able to share it with the people of my land,” explains Eva Villaver, deputy director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and promoter of an experiment that will start on August 12 in Palencia.
Continue reading And you, how will you experience the eclipse? At 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.
Translated by urgent.news. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
