More Images of the Solar Eclipse from the Alps
13th August 2026
Last modified on August 15th, 2026
We start in Switzerland at the Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station.
It is Europe’s highest railway station with the distinctive Sphinx that houses the atmospheric research station at 3,450 to 3,580 metres.
Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri
Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri
Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri
Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri
Pitztal, Austria:
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Portes du Soleil, France & Switzerland:
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Here’s the French ski resort of Tignes:
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Les Menuires, in Les3Vallees, France:
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La Rosiere, France:
The solar eclipse in the Austrian Alps – experienced high above Großarl in Salzburger Land, Austria.
Nendaz, Switzerland:
And lets not forget the Pyrenees.
Hikers and astronomers gathered at France’s Pic du Midi to watch the solar eclipse from the Pyrenees.
Clouds partly obscured the event, but visitors described the experience as peaceful, poetic and “magical”.
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Now, some PlanetSKI readers may be wondering which mountain our editor, James Cove, was up watching the once-in-a-generation celestial spectacle.
He wasn’t up a mountain.
He was up a hill.
A small hill in Richmond Park in SW London to be precise.
PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.
With his colander, as advised by the so-called experts on these matters.
PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.
“I wasn’t the only one in Richmond Park who had turned to a kitchen draw for the advised correct viewing equipment, and none of us could use it to good effect,” said James.
“There were dozens of us with our kitchen colanders and bits of white paper.
“But we did have a good laugh trying and we all thought the advice was utter bolloc*s whichever way round you held it!”
PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.
“I then deployed the PlanetSKI i-phone with better, but not very professional, results,” James added.
PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.
“All in all though it was a great experience and the swift reduction in light was somewhat odd.”
More to follow.
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