Live the eclipse at a 'star-party' in Guadalajara with a local astronomer: “Some will even burst into tears”
The clean skies of the province, which has some of the most sparsely populated areas of Europe, have made it a hotbed of astronomical vocations.
Jaime Zamorano's T-shirt lists the solar eclipses he has seen as if they were a concert tour: Venezuela, France, Libya, Australia, Easter Island, China. “The sight of a total eclipse can't be compared to anything,” says the professor of astrophysics at Complutense University. “Being in the shadow of the moon is a cosmic coincidence that produces an indescribable sensation.”
Since he retired from teaching, he has been enjoying rural life in Villaverde del Ducado, a village in Alcolea del Pinar (Guadalajara), where he now has some hens that he will film to see their reaction to the sudden nightfall.
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 our readers' eclipse stories.
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