J008-VARIOS SEGUIMIENTO ECLIPSE
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DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES
1. MOON COVERING SUN / TOTALITY OF SOLAR ECLIPSE AS PEOPLE CHEER
2. PEOPLE WATCHING ECLIPSE
3. SOLAR ECLIPSE
4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE SUN
Darkness took over the Javalambre Observatory in the Spanish town of Arcos de las Salinas on Wednesday as the total solar eclipse reached totality at 18:31 GMT. Locals and foreigners who watched the phenomenon from the observatory cheered as the sun went black. (4649-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/SPAIN-OBSERVATORY-MOMENT)
ARCOS DE LAS SALINAS, SPAIN (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
5. DRONE SHOT OF ECLIPSE AND JAVALAMBRE OBSERVATORY
6. ECLIPSE
7. DRONE SHOT OF ECLIPSE AND JAVALAMBRE OBSERVATORY
Crowds of scientists and astronomy enthusiasts erupted in cheers at Spain's Javalambre Observatory on Wednesday as a total solar eclipse reached its peak, plunging the landscape into darkness. Among those watching the spectacle were astrophysicist and Queen guitarist Brian May. (4652-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/SPAIN-OBSERVATORY)
ARCOS DE LAS SALINAS, SPAIN (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
8. CIVIL GUARDS LOOKING AT SUN WITH GLASSES
9. QUEEN GUITARIST BRIAN MAY WAITING FOR ECLIPSE
10. ECLIPSE
11. PEOPLE CHEERING
12. MAY TALKING TO PEOPLE AT OBSERVATORY
Timelapse footage showed the solar eclipse as seen from the Javalambre Observatory in Spain's Arcos de las Salinas. (5027-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/SPAIN-OBSERVATORY-TIMELAPSE)
ARCOS DE LAS SALINAS, SPAIN (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (MUTE)
13. TIMELAPSE OF CROWD OUTSIDE JAVALAMBRE OBSERVATORY WATCHING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
Eclipse fans who gathered at a beach in northern A Coruna defied the clouds and enjoyed the total solar eclipse. (4656-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/SPAIN-CORUNA)
A CORUNA, SPAIN (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
14. PEOPLE WATCHING ECLIPSE AT BEACH
15. PEOPLE APPLAUDING
16. PEOPLE AT BEACH AND CLOUDY SKY
17. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPANISH NATIVE, A CORUNA RAISED, MATIAS FIGUEROA, SAYING:
"I've been at work for 12 hours and coming here to see all this has been very cool. I've come with my whole family, so I'm very grateful. It's been great that people applauded, but well, there are people for everything, right?”
18. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING ECLIPSE
Telescopes from the Yebes Observatory in Spain's Guadalajara showed on Wednesday the total eclipse that plunged the country into darkness. The videos were filmed using two separate filters, known as white light and H-alpha filters, to capture the awaited moment. (4960-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/SPAIN-TELESCOPES)
GUADALAJARA, SPAIN (AUGUST 12, 2026) (TVE POOL - Access all) (MUTE)
19. ECLIPSE WITH WHITE LIGHT FILTER
20. VARIOUS OF ECLIPSE WITH RED H-ALPHA FILTER
A narrow path of totality reached Iceland's westernmost coast at about 5:44 p.m. (1744 GMT), before the moon's shadow raced east. (5000-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/ICELAND-TIMELAPSE)
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (MUTE)
21. TIMELAPSE OF SOLAR ECLIPSE DARKNESS
Spectators in Reykjavik were wowed as darkness fell during the total eclipse on even though it had not been possible to see the eclipse through the heavy cloud cover over the capital in the afternoon. (5028-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/ICELAND-REACTION)
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND (AUGUST 12, 2026)(REUTERS - Access all)
22. PERSON LOOKING AT THE SKY OUTSIDE HALLGRIMSKIRKJA CHURCH IN CENTRAL REYKJAVIK
23. PERSON WEARING MASK CONTRAPTION TO VIEW ECLIPSE
24. PEOPLE CHEERING AS ECLIPSE ENDS
25. (SOUNDBITE)(English) TEACHER FROM BRAZIL VISITING ICELAND ON A CRUISE SHIP WITH HER FAMILY, MARIA ORTIZ, SAYING:
“Really touching, something that I have never seen before. It went completely dark and suddenly the day came again. It was really beautiful.”
In Warsaw and on the Baltic coast, crowds gathered to see the partial eclipse, which covered just over 80% of the sun. The eclipse came minutes before sunset, offering an incredible golden-hour light. (5013-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/POLAND)
WARSAW, POLAND (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
26. VARIOUS OF WARSAW SKYLINE ACROSS VISTULA AND PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
27. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING ECLIPSE
28. (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF PEOPLE WATCHING FROM BRIDGE
29. (MUTE) TIMELAPSE OF ECLIPSED SUN DESCENDING
People gathered to watch a partial solar eclipse in London. The eclipse, which reached over 90% coverage in Britain, was Western Europe's first total solar eclipse in 27 years.(4093-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/BRITAIN-WESTMINSTER)
LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
30. PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MOVING BEHIND BIG BEN
31. PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ABOVE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
32. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING ECLIPSE
33. (MUTE) TIMELAPSE OF SUN MOVING
34. PERSON FILMING ON PHONE THROUGH ECLIPSE GLASSES
35. FAMILY TAKING SELFIE, PARLIAMENT IN BACKGROUND
36. (SOUNDBITE) (English) STUDENT FROM BELGIUM, YMA HAEMERS, 19, SAYING:
“It was really cool. It was really nice that everyone was looking at the same thing at the same time. I thought that was really, like a bonding experience.”
37. VARIOUS OF PERSON USING PAPER PINHOLE TO VIEW ECLIPSE
Skies darkened over London, and revellers donned specially adapted glasses, as the UK capital witnessed a partial solar eclipse. (4896-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/BRITAIN-TOWER BRIDGE)
LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
38. PEOPLE USING MAKESHIFT DEVICE TO WATCH PARTIAL ECLIPSE
39. PERSON WEARING SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES
40. PARTIAL ECLIPSE SEEN OVER TOWER BRIDGE
41. PERSON WEARING SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES
42. SUN OVER TOWER BRIDGE
Beachgoers in the Italian town of Fregene, 25 km (15 miles) west of Rome, paused to watch a partial solar eclipse, as the Moon moved across the Sun and briefly dimmed the afternoon light along the coast. In central Italy, the eclipse reached its maximum at about 8:13 p.m. local time (1813 GMT), when nearly 70% of the Sun's surface was obscured by the Moon, although clouds and drizzle veiled the view. (5010-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/ITALY)
FREGENE, ITALY (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
43. BEACHGOERS WATCHING PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
44. BEACHGOERS TAKING SELFIE
45. PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
46. BEACHGOERS WATCHING PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
47. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) BEACHGOER FROM ROME, GIORGIA PRESUTTI, SAYING:
"It didn't last long, that's true, but it was beautiful and fascinating because I'd never seen one before, and that touch of rain added something special to it. It was fascinating, even surreal at times, but really beautiful, a very beautiful feeling."
People gathered on beaches on France's Atlantic coast to get a view of a partial eclipse towards sunset at the height of the country's holiday season. At the beach in Montalivet near Bordeaux, people gazed at the sky at the ocean's edge armed with protective glasses to watch the astronomical phenomenon safely.
(5018-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/FRANCE-BEACH)
MONTALIVET, FRANCE (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
48. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING ECLIPSE FROM BEACH
49. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BEACHGOER, NOLAN GUEFFIER, SAYING:
"It's a phenomenon that you can see maybe only once in your life, and it's a moment of sharing, you know. Everybody is there in the same place for the same thing, and are happy to see the same thing, you know. Yeah, it's rather sociable."
50. PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OVER SEA
A partial solar eclipse gave Paris' iconic skyline in an otherworldly light as the moon obscured much of the sun's face above the Eiffel Tower. (4905-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/FRANCE-MOMENT-EIFFEL TOWER)
PARIS, FRANCE (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
51. (MUTE) 10 TIMES ACCELERATED SHOT OF PARTIALLY OBSCURED SUN BEHIND TOWER
52. PARTIALLY OBSCURED SUN BEHIND TOWER
53. PEOPLE LOOKING AT ECLIPSE ON ROOF
54. MAN ON TOWER
Crowds gathered to watch a near-total eclipse in Brussels from the historic arch in Parc du Cinquantenaire. The deep partial solar eclipse was visible across Belgium, with 90% of the sun covered. It is the largest solar eclipse visible in the country since 1999. (4864-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/BELGIUM)
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
55. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING PARTIAL ECLIPSE
56. PARTIAL ECLIPSE
57. PEOPLE WATCHING ECLIPSE AT BRUSSELS CINQUANTENAIRE PARK
58. SUNLIGHT SEEN THROUGH A TREE IN PARK
Crowds gathered on the Adriatic coasts of Slovenia and Croatia to watch the eclipse. Skies were clear for the beginning of the eclipse, but the sun dropped behind cloud later on. (5026-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/BALKANS)
PIRAN, SLOVENIA (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
59. KIDS WATCHING WITH ECLIPSE GLASSES
60. PARTIALLY ECLIPSED SUN OVER ADRIATIC SEA
61. PEOPLE WATCHING ON BEACH
62. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURIST FROM ITALY, GABRIELLE (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING:
“We were so excited about it but when we came here actually the sun was already behind the clouds, so we didn't have the chance to really observe it.”
63. (MUTE) PEOPLE WATCHING PARTIAL ECLIPSE
Revellers took to mountain tops in Germany to watch a partial solar eclipse that drew sky-gazers across Western Europe. (4834-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/GERMANY)
SCHMITTEN IM TAUNUS , GERMANY (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
64. MAN AND WOMAN WATCHING SKY THROUGH SELF-BUILT SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEWERS
65. PERSON BEHIND TELESCOPE
66. PERSON WITH ECLIPSE GLASSES
67. TIMELAPSE OF PARTIAL ECLIPSE
68. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WATCHING PARTIAL ECLIPSE
69. ECLIPSE REFLECTED ON TELESCOPE LENS
SCHOENEFELD, GERMANY (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)
70. DOG SITTING IN BASKET OF BIKE LOOKING AT SKY
Greenlanders braved the rain to get a glimpse of the solar eclipse, despite clouds covering up the much-anticipated spectacle. Eclipse watchers in Nuuk tried to catch the rare phenomenon through the thick cloud cover. (5037-SOLAR-ECLIPSE/GREENLAND)
NUUK, GREENLAND (AUGUST 12, 2026) (REUTERS - Access All)
71. PERSON LOOKING AT THE SKY IN HARBOUR
72. PERSON TRYING TO LOOK AT ECLIPSE ON HER PHONE
73. (SOUNDBITE) (English) STAY-AT-HOME PARENT, KATJA STEFANI, SAYING:
"I knew it was going to be cloudy and rainy, so … I was hoping to see some of it, and I got to see a little bit of it."
74. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT ECLIPSE