{
  "id": 574333,
  "title": "Total solar eclipse to bypass Saudi Arabia as Perseid meteor shower lights up Kingdom’s skies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/total-solar-eclipse-to-bypass-saudi-arabia-as-perseid-meteor-shower",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T12:45:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Saudi Gazette",
    "slug": "saudi-gazette",
    "url": "https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/663640/saudi-arabia/total-solar-eclipse-to-bypass-saudi-arabia-as-perseid-meteor-shower-lights-up-kingdoms-skies"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "JEDDAH — The total solar eclipse occurring on Wednesday will not be visible from Saudi Arabia; however, the Perseid meteor shower will be visible that night through dawn on Thursday. Jeddah Astronomy Society head Majed Abu Zahra said the total solar eclipse will be visible from parts of Russia, Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain and Portugal, with the maximum period of totality lasting…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}