{"id":582338,"date":"2026-08-12T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/582338\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:10:10","slug":"uk-and-europe-get-ready-for-once-in-a-generation-solar-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/582338\/","title":{"rendered":"UK and Europe get ready for once-in-a-generation solar eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experiencing totality a real physical experience, says eclipse chaserpublished at 10:27 BST<\/p>\n<p>10:27 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9d48a57d-44e4-4908-891c-4849d5a783ec.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Ben Hatton<br \/>Live reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ryan Milligan poses for a selfie\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/155cea8c-b63e-4b3e-a078-352c6e32266e.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1460\" height=\"821\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Ryan Milligan<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ryan Milligan is travelling from Northern Ireland, where about 93% of the Sun will be blocked out, to northern Spain, where the Sun will be completely hidden behind the Moon, so he can experience the moment of totality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">I ask him if those few extra percentage points of eclipse cover worth the trip &#8211; but he doesn\u2019t even let me get to the end of the question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Yes, 100%&#8221; he says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An eclipse chaser, Milligan has travelled the world to experience that fleeting moment &#8211;  including trips to Chile, China, Indonesia and Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Getting into the path of totality is always the challenge,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That path, which is essentially the Moon&#8217;s shadow being cast onto the Earth, is usually about 100 miles wide. So you need to get to wherever that is on the Earth. It will only be there for a matter of moments usually.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He describes the moment of totality as &#8220;a real physical experience because the temperature drops, the light becomes all weird, and your brain is trying to process all this new information&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Milligan adds: &#8220;It does become highly addictive because it is such a unique experience that cannot be replicated by any other event in nature in my experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Experiencing totality a real physical experience, says eclipse chaserpublished at 10:27 BST 10:27 BST Ben HattonLive reporter Image&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":["post-582338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}