The Andalucian towns that will be plunged into darkness by next year’s total solar eclipse have been revealed.
A video shared by the National Geographic Institute shows the route the blackout will take on August, 2, 2027, when the moon is set to pass directly between the Earth and Sun.
The dark band will enter across the province of Cadiz before sweeping east across Malaga and the Costa del Sol and continuing through the southernmost parts of Granada and Almeria.
According to the Junta de Andalucia, 115 municipalities across four provinces will experience total darkness, comprising 31 in Cadiz, 58 in Malaga, 16 in Granada and 10 in Almeria.
The rest of Andalucia will still witness an impressive partial eclipse, but will sit outside the path where the Sun is completely obscured.
Costa del Sol in path of totality
Among the Malaga towns set to experience totality are Marbella, Estepona, Manilva, Mijas, Fuengirola, Benalmadena, Torremolinos, Malaga city, Rincon de la Victoria, Velez-Malaga, Torrox and Nerja.
Marbella is particularly well placed, with calculations indicating totality will last for around three minutes and 20 seconds.
Malaga city will experience a shorter but still spectacular period of complete darkness lasting around two minutes, beginning shortly after 10.48am.
Further west, conditions become even more dramatic.
Cadiz city will experience almost three minutes of totality, while Tarifa is expected to be plunged into darkness for around four minutes and 40 seconds.
The path will also cover places including Jerez, Rota, Chipiona, El Puerto de Santa Maria, San Fernando, Chiclana, Conil, Barbate, Algeciras, La Linea and San Roque.
Granada and Almeria also included
The shadow will continue eastwards across Andalucia, clipping the southern parts of Granada and Almeria provinces.
Motril, Salobreña, Almuñecar and Torrenueva Costa are among the Granada municipalities inside the path, while Almeria city, Roquetas de Mar, El Ejido, Adra and Nijar are among those included further east.
The IGN says the eclipse will occur at around 10.50am, giving spectators a major advantage over the August 2026 eclipse because the Sun will already be high in the morning sky.
The eclipse reaches its global maximum in Egypt, where totality will last an extraordinary six minutes and 23 seconds, making it one of the longest total solar eclipses of the century.
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