According to the RaiNews portal, a total solar eclipse crossed the northern hemisphere and ended its path in Formentera, in the Balearic Islands, before disappearing over the Mediterranean. The phenomenon passed through Alaska, Arctic Russia, Greenland, and Iceland, crossed northern Spain, and attracted crowds of onlookers. Madrid was plunged into darkness for more than a minute, an event that had not occurred since 1905. For Western Europe, it was the first total eclipse in 27 years. Italy witnessed only a partial version of the phenomenon, with the greatest coverage of the solar disk recorded in Liguria.
A total eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth, casting a narrow band of shadow on the planet.
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