Photos: See the best photos from the solar eclipse

Millions of people in Europe stepped outside this evening to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland and Spain,

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x2672+0+0/resize/4000x2672!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffe%2F83%2Fcdb173b247e7a1ce70c4eb94c8ff%2Flead-2026-08-12t191714z-323661656-rc26xmaigl51-rtrmadp-3-solar-eclipse-spain.JPG' alt='The moon completely covers the sun during a total solar eclipse as seen from the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory in Arcos de las Salinas, near Teruel, Spain, August 12, 2026.'/><p>Millions of people in Europe stepped outside this evening to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland and Spain,</p><p>(Image credit: Christian Hartmann)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5929788' />