Preparations for this eclipse started already in 2019, when I first visited the villages of Cetina and Sisamon. The villages are just a few kilometers apart and are located between Madrid and Zaragoza. Especially the vicinity of Sisamon profed to have great spots for night time observations, as light pollution is pretty low. The same spot I observed in 2019 was also a perfect spot for the solar eclipse, as it lies approximately 1000m above sea level in a high plane. To the west, only some distant hills are seen, reaching 2 degrees above the horizon at maximum. This was crucial, as the totality would happen with the sun being only 7 degrees above the horizon.
Thanks to the mayor of Sisamon and my sister in law to communicate with him, I got the permission to setup my observation base at this very location. He also supported me in having my complete equipment without any obstacles and disturbances, despite a good 100 locals joining the event. They were all essential for the emotional experience, as many of them started cheering and shouting when totality arrived.
A big THANK YOU to everyone involved to make this a perfect day!
According equipment, my primary goal was to get the shots for the Eclipse Mega Movie project (a Sonoma State / NASA project, I participated the third time). Then, some overview and especially landscape views of totality were on my plan, to also showcase the shadow of the moon.
