(FILES) People watch a partial solar eclipse at New Brighton, a coastal suburb of Christchurch, on September 22, 2025. Day will briefly turn into night across a swathe of northern Spain on August 12, when the Moon will completely cover the Sun during a rare total solar eclipse. Here is what you need to know about the total eclipse, which is the first visible in mainland Europe since 2006. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama / AFP via Getty Images)