On the 12th, we were able to witness a special event in the sky, one that hadn’t occurred for over a hundred years: a total solar eclipse.
In Spain, many people were able to enjoy it in its entirety, particularly in the north; however, due to the clouds, they couldn’t watch it by looking directly at the sun, but on occasion they could see the absence of light and, less than a minute later, the return to light. The latter is the case in the video I’d like to share with you below, showing what happened in Llanes (Asturias).
The Moon drew closer to the Sun, like a bride in love, moving relatively slowly so that we could witness the wonder of their courtship in the sky. And the Sun responded to the encounter, like a groom in love, surrendering at her feet. It was then, at the moment of totality, that it surrendered its light to the Moon, bestowing upon it two important gifts: ‘Baily’s beads’ (Baily was a British astrophysicist) and ‘the diamond ring’.
Baily´s beads
The diamond ring
In Spain, the eclipse could be seen in various places: in Galicia, in Castile-León, in Asturias, in Catalonia; but also in central Spain, for example in a village in Soria — where a NASA team had set up camp —, in Buitrago (north of Madrid) and in Yebes (Guadalajara), home to one of Spain’s largest astronomical observatories, which captured the images of Baily’s Beads and the Diamond Ring.
Yebes Astronomical Observatory (Guadalajara)
And this is the video I mentioned at the start. I hope you enjoy it.