Millions of people in Europe are getting ready to watch the solar eclipse
On August 12, millions of people across Europe are preparing to watch a solar eclipse. The total phase will be visible across a wide swath of northern and central Spain, a small part of Portugal, and some areas of Greenland and Iceland, according to The Guardian.
Officials estimate that up to six million people may travel to the path of totality in Spain. It stretches approximately 200 kilometers—from La Coruña in the northwest of the country to the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
For more breaking news, follow the UA.News Telegram channel.
In much of Western Europe—including the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and northern Italy—the light of the setting sun will be almost completely blocked. César González, an astronomer and science communicator at the Madrid Planetarium, called the total solar eclipse one of the best natural spectacles.
This will be the first total solar eclipse visible in continental Europe in two decades. In the United Kingdom, the last such event was observed in 1999, when parts of Devon and Cornwall fell within the path of totality. The next total solar eclipse visible in the country is not expected until 2090.
