Millions of skywatchers across Europe looked to the heavens on Wednesday as a rare total solar eclipse swept across parts of the continent, marking the first time since 1999 that mainland Western Europe has witnessed such an event.
The eclipse's path of totality stretched from the Arctic through Greenland and Iceland before crossing northern Spain and a small part of Portugal. In these areas, the Moon completely obscured the Sun, plunging locations into temporary darkness and revealing the Sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona. Elsewhere, including the UK, Ireland and much of continental Europe, observers experienced a dramatic partial eclipse.
