For the first time in more than two years, a total solar eclipse will cross the sky on August 12, and for parts of Europe, the wait has been far longer. Northern Spain will witness totality for the first time since 1905, making this one of the most anticipated celestial events the continent has seen in a generation.

The eclipse will traverse a 5,157-mile-long path starting from the Arctic coast at around 1pm ET before traversing the North Pole and moving over Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, and northern Spain.

Totality will last for about two minutes in Greenland, while in........

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