The First Solar Eclipse of 2026 Sweeps Across the Antarctic Tuesday

The 2024 annular eclipse, imaged from Easter Island. Credit: Eliot Herman.

Eclipse season is nigh. The first of two eclipse seasons for 2026 kicks off next week on Tuesday, February 17th, with an annular solar eclipse. And while solar eclipses often inspire viewers to journey to the ends of the Earth in order to stand in the shadow of the Moon, this one occurs over a truly remote stretch of the world, in Antarctica.

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