"The First of Our Lives": In Spain, the Rush Before the Total Eclipse (3/4)
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Spain is preparing for a rare astronomical phenomenon: the first total eclipse of the visible sun in this country after more than a century. Millions of people are expected to move to the area where the eclipse will be fully observed, and the authorities have mobilized thousands of policemen to manage traffic and crowds, The Guardian announces.
They are ready to travel thousands of kilometres, and sometimes change their destination at the last moment to escape the clouds and immortalize the dark sun.
Full trains, impromptu carpools, sharing of ideal viewing spots on social media... On the eve of the solar eclipse, tourists and enthusiasts are converging on the path of totality that will cross Spain on Wednesday. In Madrid, France 24 met several of them as they were about to depart.
The phenomenon put at the center of the scene a small town of Burgos.From there, the space agency will study the astronomical phenomenon and broadcast it live via streaming.
Hundreds of thousands of people are getting ready to watch it, but local administrators are a little worried.
TÉMOIGNAGES - While on Wednesday millions of French will live the event from their holiday place, a handful of enthusiasts travel to Spain to have the chance to live the total eclipse. Immersed in a community of lovers of the sky.
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