Millions crowd Spanish cities to see a total solar eclipse
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. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
MEDINACELI, Spain (AP) — Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain on Wednesday to view a total solar eclipse, bringing lawn chairs, umbrellas and hats as they eagerly awaited the celestial spectacle.
Across a wide band of northern and central Spain, millions of people expected to have some of mainland Europe's best views of the eclipse. A sliver of Greenland and Iceland, too, may witness it — weather permitting — when the sun, moon and Earth align, briefly plunging parts of the planet into darkness.
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