Tripods silhouetted against a low sun over a wide valley at Pico Trigaza

Latest expedition · 2026

Burgos, Spain

12 August 2026 · Padilla de Abajo · Pico Trigaza

Two observing sites. One total solar eclipse.

Two sites, one eclipse.

In Burgos, the Sherpas observed from two locations: Padilla de Abajo in the valley and Pico Trigaza on the ridge. Observing from more than one site improves the chances of clear skies and adds to the project’s growing record of the solar corona.

With the eclipse only about eight degrees above the horizon, both teams needed a clear view unobstructed by the landscape.

Wide view of the Padilla de Abajo observing site with tents and people

Rocky summit at Pico Trigaza with radio towers and a stone building

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Four team members laughing together around a screen

Inside a green dark tent with laptops and monitors

Close-up of a multi-lens camera array with a small teddy bear attached

Instruments set up near stone buildings in Padilla de Abajo

Close-up of a multi-camera scientific array

Seven Solar Wind Sherpas team members in purple shirts in a field

Hand-drawn eclipse geometry diagram on graph paper

Outdoor public talk with a projection screen and local audience

A lone tree beside a tripod setup in open grassland

Researcher working at two laptops outdoors beside the instruments

Team sharing a meal at a long outdoor table

Cables and field computers connected on an outdoor table

Team member pointing toward the sky while two others look on

Wide shot of grey observation tents in a dry field

Stone arcade building in Padilla de Abajo

Researcher adjusting a camera rig in sunglasses

Team member standing on rocks holding two large telephoto lenses

Team loading equipment into the expedition van

Tripods and telescopes on a sloping ridge overlooking distant mountains

Researcher in a purple shirt beside the telescope array on the ridge

Hands assembling optical equipment on an outdoor table

Complex multi-telescope rig on the Pico Trigaza ridge

Tripods silhouetted against a low sun over a wide valley

Expedition group posing on rocky terrain at Pico Trigaza

Panoramic view from the Pico Trigaza ridge across the valley

Researcher carefully adjusting lenses on a multi-camera array

Researchers gathered around laptops beside the ridge instruments

Team members talking beside the instruments on the ridge

Large telephoto lenses and a field electronics case on the ground

Group of expedition members on rocky ground at Pico Trigaza

Instrument array on the Pico Trigaza slope with mountains beyond

Team assembling lenses and filters on a field table

Multi-telescope setup against the Pico Trigaza skyline

Researcher lying on the ground to calibrate a tripod-mounted camera

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In the Field

Preparation and observation.

From assembling the instruments to the minutes on site — Padilla de Abajo and Pico Trigaza, side by side.

Two researchers assembling a multi-camera instrument array on a wooden table — **Assemble**Building the camera arrayPadilla de Abajo · Santiago Marrodán Ciordia

Grey observation tents lined up in a dry field under a clear sky — **Camp**The field station at Padilla de AbajoPadilla de Abajo · Santiago Marrodán Ciordia

Team members setting up telescopes and camera rigs in open grassland — **Install**Instruments into the fieldPadilla de Abajo · Santiago Marrodán Ciordia

A researcher adjusting a large instrument mounted on a tripod — **Calibrate**Aligning before totalityPadilla de Abajo · Santiago Marrodán Ciordia

Multi-telescope instrument array on the rocky ridge at Pico Trigaza — **Ridge**Setup on Pico TrigazaPico Trigaza · Václav Široký

Researchers working on instruments at night under deep red light — **Night**Work under red lightPico Trigaza · Václav Široký

Laptop on a wooden table showing a processed image of the solar corona — **Data**Checking the first framesPadilla de Abajo · Santiago Marrodán Ciordia

A researcher looking through a large white scientific instrument in the field — **Observe**At the instrumentPadilla de Abajo · Santiago Marrodán Ciordia

The Expedition Team

Who was in the field.

The people who took part in the Burgos expedition, listed by observing site.

Padilla de Abajo

Shadia Habbal
Adalbert Ding
Ben Boe
Danilo Torres
Jana Starhova
Jitka Starhova
Matej Starha
Petr Starha
Sage Constantinou
Tulin Bedel
Zac Bailey

Pico Trigaza

Miloslav Druckmüller
Portrait
Zuzana Druckmüllerova
Studentský Fotoklub Technika Brno
Student photography club
Instagram

Processed Eclipse Images

A closer look at the solar corona.

First processed results from Pico Trigaza by Miloslav Druckmüller and the team. More images will be added as the analysis continues — see the full archive.

Composite path of the 2026 total solar eclipse over the landscape from Pico Trigaza, from first crescent through totality to sunset — **Eclipse path over Trigaza**Partial phases, totality, and sunset sequence© 2026 Miloslav Druckmüller, Shadia Habbal, Václav Široký

Processed white-light image of the entire solar corona visible from Pico Trigaza during the 2026 eclipse — **Entire corona from Trigaza**Nikkor Z 800 mm · composition of 298 frames© 2026 Miloslav Druckmüller, Shadia Habbal, Václav Široký

Wide-angle processed image of the 2026 total solar eclipse corona low above the horizon at Pico Trigaza — **Wide-angle corona**200 mm + 400 mm · composition of 433 frames© 2026 Miloslav Druckmüller, Shadia Habbal, Václav Široký

Wide landscape view of second contact at Pico Trigaza with the eclipsed Sun low over the hills — **Second contact, 14 mm**Pico Trigaza · landscape context at C2© 2026 Miloslav Druckmüller, Shadia Habbal, Václav Široký

The film

A film from Padilla de Abajo.

Filmmaker Santiago Marrodán Ciordia followed the Burgos 2026 campaign — a longer look at the people, the instruments and the days around totality in Padilla de Abajo.

Film by Santiago Marrodán Ciordia

Podcast

Ver el Sol de noche

Ignacio Amigo

Science writer Ignacio Amigo joined the expedition in Padilla de Abajo, recording conversations with the researchers and the sounds of eclipse day.

33 min

Listen on Spotify

Made Possible By

The support that put this expedition in the field.

Thank you to the institutions, technical partners and local supporters who helped make the Burgos 2026 expedition possible.

Expedition 2027

2 August 2027.

The next campaign follows the path of totality from southern Spain across North Africa to Egypt — three sites where the Sherpas will be in the field.

SpainBetis, AndalucíaTotality ~1 min 57 s
TunisiaEl LousaTotality ~5 min
EgyptLuxorTotality ~6 min 22 s · near greatest eclipse

Path of totality from Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC (eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov). Markers show planned Sherpas sites: Betis (Andalucía), El Lousa (Tunisia) and Luxor (Egypt).

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Burgos, Spain

Two sites, one eclipse.

Preparation and observation.

Who was in the field.

Shadia Habbal

Adalbert Ding

Ben Boe

Danilo Torres

Jana Starhova

Jitka Starhova

Matej Starha

Petr Starha

Sage Constantinou

Tulin Bedel

Zac Bailey

Miloslav Druckmüller

Zuzana Druckmüllerova

Studentský Fotoklub Technika Brno