Video. Spain witnessed a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday, the first visible from the country in more than a century. In Getxo, in the Basque Country, the eclipse was seen near the Port of Bilbao as the moon passed directly between the Earth and the sun.

Large parts of north and central Spain, plus smaller parts of Portugal, Greenland and Iceland, will see a total solar eclipse on Wednesday – with the phenomenon also visible in…

Spain is gearing up for a rare total solar eclipse, even as extreme heat and wildfires threaten to cast a pall over the spectacle.