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Eclipse
2026

Where is the best place to watch the eclipse from Ibiza and Formentera? No map could answer.

Ibiza and Formentera  ·  12 August 2026

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An eclipse map, for everyone.

Existing eclipse maps cover the world and answer the general question. Persona Frame built one that covers a single territory, Ibiza and Formentera, and answers a single question: from this exact point, will you see totality? Free, no account, no advertising.

Until now this kind of work belonged in a laboratory. It was done in record time. That is where AI changes something: not in the precision of the calculation, which is still that of the official tables, but in the number of people able to carry it out.

On 12 August 2026 the sun stands 3 degrees above the sea at the moment of totality. At that height, three hundred metres separate the best vantage point from the worst. A beach that looks clear on paper can be ruined by a ridge two kilometres away.

The archipelago in relief under a low sun, before the shadow arrives.
The low sun of 12 August, its shadows stretched over kilometres

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Terrain measured every 25 metres, not drawn.

What is on screen is not an illustration. The shadow crossing the archipelago, the lit terrain, the map itself: all of it is computed. Local circumstances come from NASA/GSFC Besselian elements, cross-checked against the official tables.

The main screen, relief map, observation points and result panel.
The map and the point under analysis
The same screen zoomed in, the orthophoto has replaced the relief.
Zoomed in, the orthophoto takes over

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731 places, an answer for each, and for any other point.

Everything is embedded in the page, it works with no network, which mattered on the night itself, on an island where the masts were saturated.
Free, no account, no advertising.

Press

The Diario de Ibiza page devoted to the application.

An interview with Diario de Ibiza about the site.

4 August 2026
Interview by Alejandra Larrazábal

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Benirràs.

Between 22 and 80 seconds of totality depending on the spot, from the southern tip of Formentera to the north of Ibiza. On this beach the sun went behind the moon at 20:33.

The crescent sun above the sea, the rock and the boats in silhouette.
The partial phase, a few minutes before
The sky at the moment of totality, seen from the beach.
20:33, totality