Canada, the United States and Mexico will be the places where you can see a total solar eclipsea phenomenon that will cause day to turn into night for about four minutes. In the United States, they are already preparing for the occasion and, as a result, they are breaking records for car rentals and accommodation reservations.

Nobody wants to miss this eclipse, since it will not happen again until the year 2044. last was in 2017, But at that time the Sun was declining its activity and now the sun is enhancing it, which leads to an increase in its explosions and flares and a much more active solar corona. In the United States, Canada and Mexico it will be where it can be best appreciated.

“But, unfortunately, not everyone on the planet can see the total solar eclipse. When it happens, you need to be in specific places,” explains Jake Foster, an astronomer at Royal Observatory Greenwich.

For this reason, in the United States there has been a record in occupancy which coincides with the strip from where the total solar eclipse will be visible. “When you see the whole strip, the best part is Maine,” says Heather Appleby Astronomer and physics professor at the University of Dallas.

Although cannot be seen in its entirety, The eclipse can also be observed in Galicia from 9:00 p.m. at night and in the Canary Islands from 8:17 p.m.