No solar eclipse glasses? Don’t panic. On 12 August 2026, England is getting a pretty dramatic partial solar eclipse, with roughly 90–96% of the Sun covered depending on where you are. But having seen a total solar eclipse in Montreal in 2024, one of the strangest things I learned is that 95% and 100% are completely different experiences. At totality, the final sliver of sunlight disappears and suddenly you can see the Sun’s corona, this enormous ghostly white halo surrounding a completely black