Total solar eclipse casts shadow across Europe, Iceland and Greenland
The August 12 total solar eclipse brings rare views of the solar corona to observers across Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and Spain.
A total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026, brings dark skies across Western Iceland, Greenland, northeastern Portugal, and Spain. The celestial event is the first total solar eclipse visible from mainland Spain since 1905.
The European Space Agency is offering live broadcasts from the Observatorio Astrofisico de Javalambre in Spain, highlighting the science behind the event and demonstrating how artificial eclipses are created in orbit to study the solar atmosphere.
During totality, when the Moon completely blocks the bright face of the Sun, the wispy solar corona becomes visible to observers along the path of totality.