{"id":11796,"date":"2026-08-13T05:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=11796"},"modified":"2026-08-13T05:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:39:02","slug":"photos-total-solar-eclipse-returns-to-spain-after-more-than-a-century-darkens-skies-across-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=11796","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Total solar eclipse returns to Spain after more than a century, darkens skies across Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133197870,imgsize-18098,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/spain-solar-eclipse-photo-pti.jpg\" alt=\"Photos: Total solar eclipse returns to Spain after more than a century, darkens skies across Europe\" title=\"the moon covered the sun over Spain, and a total solar eclipse returned to the mainland. (Photo: PTI)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"the moon covered the sun over Spain, and a total solar eclipse returned to the mainland. (Photo: PTI)\">the moon covered the sun over Spain, and a total solar eclipse returned to the mainland. (Photo: PTI)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A wait for more than a century came down to barely a minute: the moon covered the sun over Spain, and a total solar eclipse returned to the mainland. Near sunset on Wednesday, crowds watched the sky darken almost to night before sunlight briefly returned, leaving one of Europe\u2019s rarest celestial events over almost as soon as it had begun.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Totality over central Spain. (Photo: AP)\" msid=\"133197480\" width=\"\" title=\"A total solar eclipse is seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133197480\/totality-over-central-spain-photo-ap.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A total solar eclipse is seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The rarity went deeper than Wednesday\u2019s spectacle. Western Europe had not witnessed a total solar eclipse since 1999, while Spain\u2019s own history carries an unusual qualification. News agency Associated Press reported that a hybrid eclipse produced only a few seconds of totality in 1912, leading some astronomers to regard 1905 as Spain\u2019s previous full-scale total solar eclipse.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Progression from full sun to totality. (Photo: AP)&lt;br&gt;\" msid=\"133197515\" width=\"\" title=\"Sequence of the moon covering the sun in a total solar eclipse seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday,  (Photo: AP)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133197515\/progression-from-full-sun-to-totality-photo-apbr.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sequence of the moon covering the sun in a total solar eclipse seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday,  (Photo: AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Europe watches daylight fade<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>From St Petersburg to Berlin, millions outside the narrow path of totality experienced a different version of the eclipse. <!-- -->People gathered along the Gulf of Finland in St Petersburg, while Berliners watched through protective glasses at Tempelhof and near the Molecule Man sculpture as the moon steadily covered more of the solar disc without completely blocking the sun.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A moment beneath the eclipse. (Photo: AP)&lt;br&gt;\" msid=\"133197576\" width=\"\" title=\"A couple talk during a solar eclipse on the shore of the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133197576\/a-moment-beneath-the-eclipse-photo-apbr.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A couple talk during a solar eclipse on the shore of the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The effect grew stronger farther west. In Britain, more than 90% of the sun was obscured, leaving only a narrow strip of light visible at the eclipse\u2019s peak. At Greenwich Park in London, spectators watched the sky turn grey as hilltops, parks and other open viewpoints filled with people following the changing light towards evening.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eclipse over Westminster. (Photo: AP)&lt;br&gt;\" msid=\"133197760\" width=\"\" title=\"A partial solar eclipse is seen above the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133197760\/eclipse-over-westminster-photo-apbr.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A partial solar eclipse is seen above the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Iceland becomes Europe\u2019s first major stage for totality<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Cloud covered much of the sky over central Reykjavik, but it could not disguise what was happening below. Around Hallgr\u00edmskirkja, hundreds who had gathered despite the rain saw daylight fall sharply as totality arrived; many had only a limited view of the sun itself, yet the sudden darkness and the return of light drew cheers from the crowd.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Conditions farther west gave a clearer measure of the eclipse. News agency Reuters reported that totality reached Iceland\u2019s westernmost coast at about 5.44pm local time and lasted up to 2 minutes 13 seconds. <!-- -->Its maximum duration, about 2 minutes 18 seconds, occurred offshore west of Iceland before the moon\u2019s shadow continued across the North Atlantic towards Spain.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eclipse from start to finish. (Photo: Reuters)&lt;br&gt;\" msid=\"133197737\" width=\"\" title=\"Stages of a solar eclipse before, during and after totality, as seen from Arija. (Photo: Reuters)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133197737\/eclipse-from-start-to-finish-photo-reutersbr.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stages of a solar eclipse before, during and after totality, as seen from Arija. (Photo: Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Shadow reaches Spain as the sun begins to set<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>After crossing the North Atlantic, the moon\u2019s shadow reached northwestern Spain at around 8.28pm local time, bringing places including A Coru\u00f1a and Bilbao into totality shortly before sunset. The timing created an extraordinary natural sequence: the sun disappeared completely, returned briefly as the moon moved on and then sank towards the horizon as evening took over.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eclipse turns the sun red. (Photo: AP)&lt;br&gt;\" msid=\"133197711\" width=\"\" title=\"The moon moves out of the sun during a total solar eclipse is seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133197711\/eclipse-turns-the-sun-red-photo-apbr.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The moon moves out of the sun during a total solar eclipse is seen from Berlanga de Duero, central Spain, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>Farther inland, totality lasted barely a minute in Buitrago de Lozoya, north of Madrid. Around 8.30pm, spectators saw Baily\u2019s beads \u2014 separate points of sunlight appearing along the moon\u2019s edge \u2014 form close to the horizon. Cheers followed as darkness lifted and sunlight returned, only for the approaching sunset to begin dimming the sky again.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Solar eclipse in Spain. (Reuters)\" msid=\"133198038\" width=\"\" title=\"The moon partially covers the sun during a solar eclipse over mountains near the northern Spanish town of Reinosa, Wednesday. (Reuters)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133198038\/solar-eclipse-in-spain-reuters.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The moon partially covers the sun during a solar eclipse over mountains near the northern Spanish town of Reinosa, Wednesday. (Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/>In Medinaceli, spectators gathered across a Roman-era hilltop town well before the eclipse, while elsewhere in Spain people carried chairs and umbrellas into open viewing areas. <!-- -->The light weakened gradually before dropping rapidly as totality arrived, prompting applause and cheers from crowds watching across northern and central parts of the country.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"48\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>After a century-long gap, Spain waits only a year<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People look towards the sky. (Photo: AP)&lt;br&gt;\" msid=\"133197804\" width=\"\" title=\"People observe a partial solar eclipse with special protective glasses in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133197804\/people-look-towards-the-sky-photo-apbr.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People observe a partial solar eclipse with special protective glasses in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday. (Photo: AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"52\"\/>The shadow briefly clipped northeastern Portugal before reaching Spain\u2019s Mediterranean coast and the Balearic Islands at sunset. Yet Wednesday\u2019s eclipse begins rather than ends an unusual run for the country: another total solar eclipse will cross Spain on August 2, 2027, followed by an annular, or \u201cring of fire\u201d, eclipse on January 26, 2028. After waiting more than a century, Spain now has less than 12 months to wait for totality again.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/science\/total-solar-eclipse-returns-to-spain-after-more-than-a-century-darkens-skies-across-europe\/articleshow\/133195911.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the moon covered the sun over Spain, and a total solar eclipse returned to the mainland. (Photo: PTI) A wait for more than a century came down to barely a minute: the moon covered the sun over Spain, and a total solar eclipse returned to the mainland. 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