Europe solar eclipse live: millions flock to viewing spots in Spain, UK and Iceland
2m ago09.28 EDT‘It’s going to be spectacular’: Millions flock to Spain seeking best view of total solar eclipseAshifa KassamThe online forums are abuzz as people debate potential cloud cover and trade tips on the best viewing points. Photograph: David Canales/SOPA Images/Shutterstock“It’s going to be spectacular,” said César González, an astronomer and science communicator at the Madrid Planetarium. “A total solar eclipse is one of the best spectacles in nature.”Officials have estimated that as many as 6 million people could flock to the eclipse path on Wednesday, which stretches about 200km from A Coruña in Spain’s northwest to the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
- ▪2m ago09.28 EDT‘It’s going to be spectacular’: Millions flock to Spain seeking best view of total solar eclipseAshifa KassamThe online forums are abuzz as people debate potential cloud cover and trade tips on the best viewing points.
- ▪Photograph: David Canales/SOPA Images/Shutterstock“It’s going to be spectacular,” said César González, an astronomer and science communicator at the Madrid Planetarium.
- ▪“A total solar eclipse is one of the best spectacles in nature.”Officials have estimated that as many as 6 million people could flock to the eclipse path on Wednesday, which stretches about 200km from A Coruña in Spain’s northwest to the Me
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2m ago09.28 EDT‘It’s going to be spectacular’: Millions flock to Spain seeking best view of total solar eclipseAshifa KassamThe online forums are abuzz as people debate potential cloud cover and trade tips on the best viewing points. Hours before wide swathes of Spain were set to experience the country’s first total solar eclipse in more than a century, the excitement was palpable.View image in fullscreenA man displays a range of eclipse glasses that will be distributed during a municipal information day so that Madrid residents can safely observe the eclipse. Photograph: David Canales/SOPA Images/Shutterstock“It’s going to be spectacular,” said César González, an astronomer and science communicator at the Madrid Planetarium.
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