Europe solar eclipse: millions watch rare spectacle across Spain, UK and Iceland – as it happened

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We are now closing the blog. Thank you for following today’s special solar eclipse with us on Europe Live. But, but, but… before you go, make sure to save the date: the next total eclipse seen from the UK, France and mainland Europe will be in September 2081. See you then, right? For a selection of the best photos from today’s eclipse, you can browse this gallery by our picture desk: in Madrid “It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Sara García Alonso, a reserve astronaut for the European Space Agency, told broadcaster RTVE. “It gave me goose bumps.” Standing next to her,…

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