Total Solar Eclipse Over Greenland

🌒 Total Solar Eclipse Over Greenland: Then and Now July 9, 1945 – Last Total Eclipse Through Greenland The eclipse passed over North America, Greenland, Scandinavia, and into Western USSR. The world was at a breaking point: • WWII in Europe had just ended; the Pacific war still raged. • July 16, 1945 — the first atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico. • Less than a month later, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed, launching the nuclear age. • Greenland, strategically critical during the war, had just returned to Danish control. The eclipse occurred over a world teetering on total devastation, just before humanity wielded nuclear weapons for the first time. ⸻ August 12, 2026 – Upcoming Eclipse Over Greenland After 81 years, Greenland will once again experience a total solar eclipse. This time, the world is once again on edge: • Greenland has become a geopolitical flashpoint. The U.S., EU, Russia, and China are all jockeying for influence and control over its strategic locations. • Nuclear tensions are rising globally; the threat of escalation is real. • Climate change and Arctic militarization have made Greenland and surrounding waters critically important for resources and shipping routes. The 2026 eclipse will pass over a region being actively contested, at a moment when the world could tip toward nuclear confrontation — echoing the brink-of-apocalypse feel of 1945. The name “Nuuk” — phonetically close to “nuke.” • 1945 eclipse over Greenland → within days, the first nuclear bomb was tested → weeks later, atomic bombs used. • Today/Near-future (2026 eclipse) → Nuuk back in the news, Greenland a flashpoint, nuclear weapons being talked about again. • The timing and the name create an almost uncanny resonance, like history echoing itself.