Lightning + Solar Eclipse + Aurora : Photos and Videos

Sierra Vista 2002 - 2011   Aurora Borealis Sweden 2011   Grand Canyon 2011    Janes Island 2014    Venice 2015    Salzburg 2015    Eclipse 2017    Panama City 2022    Eclipse 2024   Arlington 2025    Andorra 2025   Arlington 2026

Sierra Vista and Tucson, Arizona, 2002 - 2011

Aurora Borealis, Vidsel, Sweden, 2011

South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 2011

Janes Island State Park, Maryland, 2014   +   Sandia Peak Tramway, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1993

Venice, Italy, 2015

Salzburg, Austria, 2015

Solar Eclipse, 21 August 2017, Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee

Panama City Beach, Florida, 2022

Solar Eclipse, 8 April 2024, Mazatlan, Mexico

Monday, 8 April 2024 - Solar Eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico Tami and Chris flew to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on 6 April 2024, and then drove to Mazatlan on 7 April 2024, to spend two nights.  We started driving through downtown Mazatlan on 8 April 2024 to join the huge crowds of 120,000+ visitors at one of several giant viewing parties at the beach or in a park, but the traffic was so bad and slow moving that we decided to head out of town towards the center of totality.  We were hoping for a spot on the beach, not really believing we would find the perfect spot, but we still tried.  We drove east, south, and then back to the beach southeast of Mazatlan.  We passed a minor dirt road leading out to the beach and drove down it, taking a chance we could reach the water.  It became too sandy for our rental car for the last few hundred yards, so we parked next to a few other cars and walked the last little bit to find .... the perfect spot!  There were no more than twenty people within a mile in either direction along the shore, with a wide sandy beach and beautiful open skies.  We were even treated to paragliders flying by after the eclipse, just like in 2017 in Tennessee. The paragliders were much lower in Mexico, right over our heads.

DJI Aerial Photos of our 'perfect spot beach' for the solar eclipse

Arlington, Texas, March 2025

Andorra, Pyrenees Mountains, June 2025

Arlington, Texas, 25 April 2026