As the sky darkened, gradually at first and then quickly, people broke into applause and cheered. It was the Spain's first total solar eclipse in more than a century.

BURGOS, (Spain), Aug 12 — Millions of Europeans will contemplate the sky in awe on Wednesday as a rare total solar eclipse crosses part of the continent and plunges a swathe of...

Eclipse chasers, tourists and astronomers searching for the clearest skies to watch the two minutes of totality