A leaning tower with a view

Two dark, ornately ribbed domes fill the lower half of the frame, their stone facades and columned arcades catching the last daylight. Above them, a thin crescent Sun glows low on the horizon. Above it, clouds streak across a deep orange and gold sky. In the background, a hazy patchwork of rooftops and trees stretch toward the horizon.

Marco Meniero, taken from Pisa, Italy

A total solar eclipse crossed Greenland, Iceland, and Spain on Aug. 12, 2026; from Pisa, Italy, only a partial eclipse was visible, reaching about 94 percent obscuration as the Sun set behind the domes of the city’s cathedral complex in Piazza dei Miracoli. The photographer shot the single 0.3-second exposure at f/5 and ISO 80 with a Fujifilm medium-format mirrorless camera and zoom lens at 70mm.