The sun appears near the silhouette of an Osborne Bull before totality, in Navarrete, northern Spain, August 12, 2026. Vincent West (REUTERS)A crowd of people wearing protective glasses awaits the start of the solar eclipse in Madrid this Wednesday.
SERGIO PEREZ (EFE)Angela, David and their son, Diego, 7, pose for a selfie with protective eclipse glasses during the watch party for the solar eclipse, in Buitrago del Lozoya, Spain, August 12, 2026. Susana Vera (REUTERS)
A man wears special eclipse glasses, as beachgoers gather before a total solar eclipse set to begin around sunset, at a beach near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday Aug. 12, 2026.Alberto Saiz (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)The moon partially covers the sun during a solar eclipse as seen from Arija, Spain, August 12, 2026. Borja Suarez (REUTERS)The atmosphere leading up to the eclipse at the soccer field on Teide Street in San Sebastián de los Reyes.Álvaro García
On this Wednesday, the Port of Tarragona, bathed in sunshine, filled up with families and enthusiasts to secure the best spots to view the eclipse.
Alex López (EFE)Cientos de personas esperan el inicio del eclipse solar en la playa de Riazor en Coruña, este miércoles.Lavandeira (EFE)A woman watches the sun from the soccer field on Teide Street in San Sebastián de los Reyes.Álvaro GarcíaThe scene before the eclipse, near a cliff in Cedeira.ROCÍO CIBESPeople lie down inside a portable planetarium during an eclipse watch party on the day of a total solar eclipse in Buitrago del Lozoya, Spain, August 12, 2026.Susana Vera (REUTERS)Jose Luis Martinez, a member of the "Los Taraos" amateur astrophotography group, sets up his cell phone to shoot a total solar eclipse in Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. Bernat Armangue (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)A person wearing a mask and glasses waits for the solar eclipse in Madrid on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
SERGIO PEREZ (EFE)Un incendio cerca del parque de El Monte de San Pedro, en A Coruña. Está previsto que miles de personas se acerquen al parque para contemplar el eclipse total.Maria Alejandra Cardona (REUTERS)The sun, ahead of a total solar eclipse, as seen from the beach in Arija, Spain, August 12, 2026. Borja Suarez (REUTERS)Several people heading to Gurugú Beach to watch the total solar eclipse.
Andreu Esteban (EFE)Valerio D'Orazio, from Lisbon, Portugal, uses an app on his mobile phone to find out where the totality will appear during the total solar eclipse, at an eclipse watching party in Buitrago del Lozoya, Spain, August 12, 2026. Susana Vera (REUTERS)A view of the 40-meter telescope at the Yebes Astronomical Observatory in Guadalajara on Wednesday.
Ismael Herrero (EFE)Maarten Savelkoel, 76, from the Netherlands, visits a campsite to see the total solar eclipse, in Arija, Spain, August 12, 2026. Borja Suárez (REUTERS)Cesar Gadea from Miami, Florida, U.S., looks at the sun through self-made binoculars ahead of a total solar eclipse, at the Galactica Centre, near the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory in Arcos de las Salinas, near Teruel, Spain, August 12, 2026. Christian Hartmann (REUTERS)Patricia Molera and Enrique Sotomayor test their eclipse glasses during sunset at Arija beach, Spain, August 11, 2026. Borja Suarez (REUTERS)A woman takes photos of the sunset and the Sil River Canyon on Tuesday from the Matacás Lookout in Castro Caldelas (Ourense), one day before the solar eclipse.Brais Lorenzo (EFE)Frenchman Leyssalle Anthony, 39, prepares a telescope to view the total solar eclipse from the beach, in Arija, Spain, August 12, 2026.
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