The European Space Agency has released a video showing the solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 as seen from space.
Between 20:26 and 20:34 CEST, a region of Greenland, Iceland and Spain – and a small section of northern Portugal – saw a total solar eclipse.
In other parts of Europe and North America, a partial solar eclipse was visible.
The video seen here shows the Moon's shadow moving across Earth as the Moon passed between Earth and the Sun.
If you were standing in the shadow at that moment, you will have seen a solar eclipse.
The video is an animation made up of images captured by the Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I1), part of a fleet of satellites that monitor Earth's weather from space.
The European Space Agency says the MTG-I1 satellite keeps its imaging instruments focused on Europe and northern Africa, from a distance of 36,000km (22,000 miles) above Earth’s surface.
This viewpoint meant it was able to see the Moon’s shadow sweeping over Greenland and Iceland, then over a small part of northeastern Portugal and Spain.
