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  "id": 698070,
  "title": "Totality! See the first photos of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Spain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/totality-see-the-first-photos-of-the-aug-12-total-solar-eclipse-over",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:25:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Science",
    "slug": "live-science",
    "url": "https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/totality-see-the-first-photos-of-the-aug-12-total-solar-eclipse-over-spain"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Astronomers captured breathtaking photos of Wednesday's total solar eclipse as it passed over Spain. The celestial event saw the moon completely obscure the sun, leaving the daytime sky in twilight for about 90 seconds. This allowed the sun's elusive corona, or outer atmosphere, to become visible. In one image, the moon appears as a black circle, with white spikes of light encircling it - the corona, which is typically invisible to the naked eye but can reach temperatures millions of degrees hotter than the sun's surface. Another photo shows a bright-pink prominence shooting from the sun's surface, a towering structure of plasma held by magnetic fields. The phenomenon known as Baily's Beads, which creates a diamond ring effect, was also observed on the edges of the moon just before and after totality. This occurs when the last bits of sunlight shine through uneven mountains on the lunar surface. The eclipse's path of totality stretched from the North Pole to Greenland, western Iceland, and northern Spain. Viewers outside this path experienced a partial eclipse, with coverage ranging from 10% to 90% in different regions. A few days later, the Perseid meteor shower will peak, potentially offering up to 75 shooting stars per hour under a dark sky.",
  "summary": "See the first images of totality over Spain from the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse. A bright-pink prominence makes a cameo appearance.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Solar eclipse turns day to night in Spain, wows crowds across Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/solar-eclipse-turns-day-to-night-in-spain-wows-crowds-across-europe",
        "published": "2026-08-12T20:48:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "See the 2026 European Solar Eclipse, in Photos and Videos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/see-the-2026-european-solar-eclipse-in-photos-and-videos",
        "published": "2026-08-12T21:24:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Photos: See the best photos from the solar eclipse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/photos-see-the-best-photos-from-the-solar-eclipse",
        "published": "2026-08-13T01:38:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Half a million visitors flock to Spain’s path of total solar eclipse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/half-a-million-visitors-flock-to-spains-path-of-total-solar-eclipse",
        "published": "2026-08-13T06:28:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}