Millions of onlookers witnessed a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, with the event mainly visible in regions like the Arctic, Greenland, Spain, and Portugal. Those outside the path of totality, where the moon completely obscured the sun’s light, experienced a partial eclipse. Here are the key moments from Wednesday’s solar eclipse:
In Spain’s Catalonia region, individuals gazed at the eclipse from the sea port of Tarragona. The eclipse began with the moon covering the sun in Berlin. In western Germany, a skywatcher peered through eclipse glasses at the Halde Hoheward park in Herten. Ahead of the UEFA Super Cup soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Aston Villa in Salzburg, Austria, a video feed of the solar eclipse was displayed on a stadium screen. In Warsaw, a woman used a welder’s mask to look at the sun during the eclipse. A snapshot from A Coruña, Spain, showed the moon obscuring the sun. At Puerto de Sagunto beach near Valencia, Spain, a beachgoer wore special eclipse glasses during the eclipse’s initial phase. In Reykjavík, Iceland, people congregated to watch the eclipse under cloudy skies. An aircraft flew past during the eclipse in Bernex near Geneva, Switzerland. The total solar eclipse was observed from Arija, Spain, and at the Riet Vell Nature Reserve near Amposta, Spain.