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Millions experience darkened skies in Europe's first totality since 1999

Millions watched as totality briefly darkened parts of Europe, while Spanish authorities set up 350 official viewing sites and expected 500,000 more visitors.

  • Millions of people gathered in Spanish cities and towns to witness a total solar eclipse caused by the alignment of the sun, moon, and Earth, resulting in brief darkness.
  • This eclipse was Spain's first total solar eclipse in over a century.
  • Millions across northern and central Spain anticipated some of mainland Europe's best views of the eclipse along a wide band.
  • Spanish officials launched a large public safety campaign due to hot summer weather and wildfires, emphasizing the need for special eclipse glasses for safe viewing.
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Spanish Olympic skater Danny León made a spectacular jump this Wednesday, August 12, synchronized with the total solar eclipse in Spain. The video, posted on his Instagram account, already has more than 83 million views.

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Millions of people around the world followed the special solar eclipse, which had not been seen in Europe for nearly 30 years.

·Budapest, Hungary
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From Brittany to the Balearic Islands, through Paris or Mont Saint-Michel... The evening of solar eclipse gave rise, on Wednesday, to striking images, even iconic.

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Yesterday, Europe witnessed its first total solar eclipse since 1999. In this event, the moon's shadow covered the sun in Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain and the Balearic Islands.

·Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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