Millions of viewers witnessed a total solar eclipse on Wednesday across regions such as the Arctic, Greenland, Spain, and Portugal. In other areas, observers not within the path of totality experienced a partial eclipse. Here are the key moments from Wednesday’s solar eclipse.
Individuals were seen observing the eclipse from the sea port of Tarragona in Spain’s Catalonia region. The moon gradually obscured the sun during the solar event in Berlin.
In western Germany, a skywatcher used eclipse glasses to view the solar eclipse at the Halde Hoheward park in Herten. A video 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.
At the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, a woman observed the sun through a welder’s mask. The moon covering the sun was visible during the solar eclipse in A Coruña, Spain. A beachgoer wore special eclipse glasses at Puerto de Sagunto beach near Valencia, Spain, during the initial phase of the solar eclipse.
In Reykjavik, Iceland, people gathered to witness the solar eclipse as clouds filled the sky. An aircraft flew past during the solar eclipse in Bernex near Geneva, Switzerland. The total solar eclipse was observed at the Riet Vell Nature Reserve near Amposta, Spain.
