How to see 2 total solar eclipses in the next 2 years — including the 'eclipse of the century'
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Two total solar eclipses will occur within the next two years, marking the first since April 2024's Great American Eclipse. The first eclipse on August 12, 2026, will cross Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain with totality lasting less than two minutes—mainland Europe's first total eclipse since 1999. The second eclipse on August 2, 2027, dubbed the "eclipse of the century," will traverse North Africa and the Middle East with an extraordinary duration of up to 6 minutes and 22 seconds, the longest land-based totality of the 21st century.
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