![\"Ancient](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Spain3_Tarragona_Total_Solar_Eclipse_Tele_Diamond_Ring_1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nTarragona, Spain<\/p>\n
Babak Tafreshi & Amirreza Kamkar<\/p>\n
National Geographic photographer Babak Tafreshi<\/a>, working with Amirreza Kamkar<\/a>, documented the eclipse in collaboration with the city council of Tarragona, a UNESCO World Heritage<\/a> site in Catalonia. Tafreshi, who has photographed 15 eclipses since the 1990s, positioned eight cameras around the city to capture the eclipse alongside Tarragona\u2019s Roman ruins, medieval architecture, port, and present-day crowds.<\/p>\n For Tafreshi, eclipses are about more than astronomy. \u201cIt\u2019s beyond the cover of science and astronomy and physics\u2014it has this relationship to humans, which makes it very unique,\u201d he said in an interview with ABC News<\/a> ahead of the eclipse. \u201cIt brings us all together.\u201d Eclipse chasers arrive from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds, he adds, \u201csharing one common passion through mother nature.\u201d<\/p>\n Italy: A Partial Spectacle National Geographic Explorer Camilla Ferrari<\/a> documented the August 12, 2026, eclipse from Santuario di Soviore (Soviore\u2019s Sanctuary) in Monterosso, Liguria, Italy. While Italy sat outside the path of totality, viewers there could still watch the moon partially cover the sun. The La Spezia Amateur Astronomers Association<\/a> of the Monte Viseggi Science Park organized a viewing event at the sanctuary, bringing together astronomy enthusiasts to experience the partial eclipse.<\/p>\n \u201cI was just in awe,\u201d Ferrari says. \u201cIt is so special to be able to witness events like these because they put in perspective our position in the cosmos, and the correlations that tie every element within it, in a sort of dance. It\u2019s such a special feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n Editor’s note: This story will be updated throughout the day as more images, observations, and details from the eclipse become available.<\/p>\n Starlight Williams is a digital editor at National Geographic covering health, wellness, and spectacular events in the night sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tarragona, Spain Babak Tafreshi & Amirreza Kamkar National Geographic photographer Babak Tafreshi, working with Amirreza Kamkar, documented the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-855925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Silhouetted](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CFER3903.jpg\")
<\/p>\n