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19 August 2026 at 6:07 pm
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I got a very similar result at Lebrancon near Molinas de Aragon.
I assumed the cause was 3 fold:
Extinction due to the low solar elevatio at totality
Dust suspended in the atmosphere – Spain was bone dry (our car was covered with it)
Smoke particles arising from the wildfires
Certainly on a cloud free day in Madrid the day before, the sky was not blue but whitish – I would swear when we left the hotel we could faintly smell burning one day.

