NASA Captures Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain In Stunning Image

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Times Now reports that NASA photographer Bill Ingalls captured the total solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 over a sunflower field in Millán de los Caballeros, Spain. The single image shows multiple stages of the Moon crossing the Sun.

The eclipse was visible across parts of the Northern Hemisphere including Iceland, Spain, Greenland and northern Russia. During totality, the Moon blocks the Sun's photosphere, revealing the outer corona. The celestial alignment required the Sun, Moon and Earth to be almost exactly in line. The image serves as both a scientific record and a vivid illustration of planetary motion.