— ReutersPARIS: A brief period of night will descend over parts of northern Spain on Wednesday as the Moon fully covers the Sun during a rare total solar eclipse. This is the first total solar eclipse visible in mainland Europe since 2006, and here’s what you need to know. In Spain, the total eclipse will last less than two minutes, just before sunset. While one or two solar eclipses happen annually, the narrow band of totality means that the same location might wait 400 years to see another total eclipse. Following the 2024 total eclipse in the U.S., there was a spike in searches for “my eyes hurt,” highlighting the importance of proper eye protection.