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EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 88 words
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What to know about Video. Aerial footage captures total solar eclipse over Spain

Spain witnessed a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday, with the phenomenon visible from parts of the country for the first time in more than a century.

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What happened

Spain witnessed a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday, with the phenomenon visible from parts of the country for the first time in more than a century.

Why it matters

In Getxo, in the Basque Country, the eclipse was seen with the Port of Bilbao in the background.

Common ground

The moon passed directly between the Earth and the sun, blocking the sun’s light and briefly darkening the daytime sky.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In Getxo, in the Basque Country, the eclipse was seen with the Port of Bilbao in the background”
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The evidence confirms a total solar eclipse occurred on August 12, 2026, visible from the Iberian Peninsula. Wikipedia confirms Getxo is a city in the Basque Country and a suburb of Bilbao, making the geographical claim plausible and consistent with the event's path.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Basque Country or Basque Autonomous Community (), also officially called Euskadi (Basque pronunciation: [eus̺kadi]), is an autonomous community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Country_(autonomous_com…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria; Spanish: País Vasco; French: Pays basque) is the name given to the home of the Basque people. The Basque Country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Country_(greater_region…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Getxo (Basque: [getʃo]), Spanish: Guecho) is a city and municipality in the province of Biscay in the autonomous community of the Basque Country in Spain. It is part of Greater Bilbao, with a populati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getxo
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Claim 2: “Spain witnessed a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm a total solar eclipse occurred on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, and was visible in Spain.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wednesday is an American supernatural mystery comedy television series based on the character Wednesday Addams by Charles Addams. Created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, it stars Jenna Ortega as the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday_(TV_series)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wednesday is the day of the week in between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the third day of the week. However, in countries that adopt the traditional "Sunda…
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Claim 3: “The moon passed directly between the Earth and the sun, blocking the sun’s light and briefly darkening the daytime sky”
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Al Jazeera and general astronomical definitions provided in the search results confirm that during a total solar eclipse, the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking the light and darkening the sky.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Earth blocks the sun during a total lunar eclipse, as seen from the moon. (Image credit: NASA).However, there are times when the sun, Earth and moon are aligned in such a way that the moon will pa…
https://www.space.com/15689-lunar-eclipses.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Sun, Moon, and Earth sizes and distances between them not to scale.A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when Earth's silhouette partially blocks the Sun in the lunar sky but does not occlude it completely…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse
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web search NEUTRAL — During a total solar eclipse, the moon completely covers the sun for those within the path of totality, briefly darkening the sky and revealing the sun’s outer atmosphere, known as the corona. INTERAC…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/11/total-solar-eclipse…
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Claim 4: “the phenomenon visible from parts of the country for the first time in more than a century”
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While the eclipse itself is verified, the specific claim that it is the first in 'more than a century' for parts of Spain is not corroborated by the provided evidence. One TikTok source mentions it is the first in Western Europe in 27 years, which contradicts the 'century' claim, but no authoritative source confirms the 100-year timeframe for Spain specifically.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of lists of the municipalities of Spain. The municipalities list links are listed below, by autonomous community and province. In 2023, there were a total of 8,132 municipalities in Spa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article includes several ranked indicators for Spain's municipalities.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
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