‘This is crazy’: Total solar eclipse enthrals Europe

UpdatedAFP12 Aug, 2026 08:17 PM4 mins to readThe Sun's corona glows as the Moon completely blocks the Sun during the totality phase of the total solar eclipse as seen from the sea port of Tarragona, northeastern Spain, on August 12, 2026. Photo / AFPDay briefly turned to night in Spain on Wednesday, as the country witnessed its first total solar eclipse in more than a century, plunging it into eerie darkness in one of nature’s greatest spectacles. The spectral glow of the Sun’s outer corona, shimmering out of the edges of the shadowy TOP