News — July 2026
Well July means the days are getting shorter. No darkness yet but you can definitely see the sun go down in the early hours.
Fantastic weather in the north, as usual, and many days have temperatures in the mid 20s. That's plenty warm enough for me, especially with clear skies and a sun that barely sets.
Talking of the sun, there is an eclipse here next month. It starts around 16:35 on the 12th of August. Obviously that's Icelandic time (UTC), so if you fancy dialling in it should begin around that time. The maximum should be around 17:50, give or take.
Where the cabin is won't be total, 98% or so, but I'm on vacation that week so I might take a trip further west to where it is 100%.
But so will a lot of other people, so I'm leaning towards sitting in a deck chair and watching it here.
For those of you who also don't want to spend hours stuck behind traffic on winding Icelandic roads, or live in places without visibility, I'm going to set up the cameras to capture what I can.
Currently the two AllSky cameras expose every 60 seconds, but for the duration of the eclipse I'm going to put them on a much higher frame rate. I do have some filters that I might trial beforehand, especially as I've got a new housing for one so it will need installing before winter.
An additional page has been added as well. I feed Flightradar24 from the cabin as it's quite low on coverage in the north, and I do the same with marine traffic. It's a similar system to the aviation ADS-B, but the marine version is AIS. You can check it out here.
So there may be some camera feed interruptions during the next few weeks while I prepare for the eclipse.
As always, if you're in the north, drop by for a coffee but bring cake.
Tim
