Solar Eclipse

The stars did align Wednesday, the 12th of August, 2026. A once-in-a-generation Solar eclipse coinciding with clear skies, and even on the same days that wanderer Earth was passing by the Perseid cloud hosting its visitor with a display of cosmic fireworks as shooting stars became visible on the night sky. The density of the meteor shower peaked the same night of the eclipse. I did not get much out of the eclipse itself, I had no special glasses due to my infamous tardiness, and it was anyhow not that visible from Denmark, the big bright ball in the sky remained pretty big and pretty bright. I did appreciate the Perseid meteors a lot more, the Sun's eclipse passed and the Sun too passed, and the cloudless blue-dark night left a perfect view for stargazing. Yet the eclipse ran off with all the media attention, not surprising given the differing timescales of occurrence. Sungazing, stargazing, matter of perspective. It will, however, be the shooting salute of Perseus, that made an impression on me.