BURGOS, Spain: Day briefly turned to night in Spain on Wednesday, as the country witnessed its first total solar eclipse in more than a century, plunging it into eerie darkness in one of nature’s greatest spectacles.The spectral glow of the Sun’s outer corona, shimmering out of the edges of the shadowy Moon, drew gasps and cheers from huge crowds, just 90 minutes after it first appeared in the remote Arctic region of northern Russia.“It’s a sight I never would have imagined seeing,” said Isabel Troyano, a 56-year-old homemaker, watching with her son in Tarragona, on Spain’s Mediterranean coast

Up to 12 regions will witness an astronomical event not seen on the peninsula for more than a century, bringing a major economic boost to inland Spain.

Up to 12 Spanish regions will witness an astronomical event not seen on the peninsula for more than a century, bringing a major economic boost to lesser-visited places.

Total solar eclipse to spellbind Europe | Travel

This will be mainland Europe's first total eclipse since 2006, and the first in mainland Spain since 1900.