Millions of onlookers witnessed a complete solar eclipse on Wednesday, primarily in regions of the Arctic, Greenland, Spain, and Portugal. In other locations, viewers not within the direct path of totality, where the moon fully obscures the sun’s light, experienced a partial eclipse. Here are the key moments from Wednesday’s solar eclipse.
Individuals observed the eclipse from the sea port of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. The moon started to block the sun during the solar eclipse in Berlin. In western Germany, a skywatcher used eclipse glasses to view the event at the Halde Hoheward park in Herten.
A live feed of the solar eclipse was displayed on a stadium screen before the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa in Salzburg, Austria. A woman observed the sun through a welder’s mask at the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw.
In Spain’s A Coruña, the moon covered the sun during the solar eclipse. At Puerto de Sagunto beach near Valencia, a beachgoer wore special eclipse glasses during the initial phase of the eclipse. In Reykjavík, Iceland, people gathered to witness the solar eclipse under cloudy skies.
An aircraft flew past during the solar eclipse in Bernex near Geneva, Switzerland. The total solar eclipse was viewed from Arija, Spain, and at the Riet Vell Nature Reserve near Amposta, Spain.