NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day entry for August 14, 2026 presented a photograph of the total solar eclipse of August 12, 2026, taken from Greenland. According to the accompanying explanation, the Moon's shadow began in the Arctic Ocean and swept a narrow track across parts of Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, Portugal and northern Spain.

The image was captured at 17:33:26 UTC after the photographer avoided poor weather at sea and landed along Rype Fjord on Greenland's east coast, at 71.07055N, 27.71252W. The explanation describes the location as near where clearing skies first reached the path of totality, suggesting the picture may be one of the first unobstructed views of the fully eclipsed Sun. Through a break in the clouds, it also records a diamond ring and the solar corona near the moment totality began.

The image is credited to Aditya Madhavan, with Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Robert Nemiroff and Keighley Rockcliffe listed as authors and editors.