As a child, Enrique Bordallo would gaze in awe at the starry night sky in rural Spain. Next month's solar eclipse has now made his passion a popular obsession.
"We're absolutely buzzing," Bordallo, president of the Burgos Astronomy Association, told AFP before explaining the workings of the celestial spectacle to dozens of excited locals in the northern village of Belorado.
"We're eager for this to happen now, to experience it, for the weather to be right, for everything to work," he said.
The total solar eclipse on August 12 -- the first in Spain since 1905 -- will only last around 90 seconds.
But the global attention and tourism could bring long-term benefits to often overlooked areas known as "empty Spain".
