Total solar eclipse to sweep across Spain, Greenland and Iceland on August 12, with totality lasting up to 2 minutes 18 seconds near sunset — the first over mainland Spain in over a century.
A total solar eclipse on August 12 will bring daytime darkness to parts of mainland Spain, Greenland and Iceland, with totality lasting up to 2 minutes 18 seconds near sunset — the first total eclipse over mainland Spain in more than a century, and a prelude to a longer eclipse in 2027.
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