Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementFar more observers will see a partial eclipse, visible in most of Europe, Canada, the northern United States and northwest Africa. This will be mainland Europe's first total eclipse since 2006. But the phenomenon is fleeting: for observers in Spain, the total eclipse will last less than two minutes just before sunset. In Benavente, a small northwestern town that is expected to offer excellent views of the total eclipse, accommodation options have run out. Municipalities have set up dedicated observation points and beefed up security, emergency and transport resources in the hope of managing the mayhem during mainland Spain's first total eclipse in more than a century.