Nytimes iconNytimesAug 13, 2026

Coming next summer: the ‘eclipse of the century.’

The sky will go dark for six minutes or more over landmarks like the Rock of Gibraltar, the casbah of Tangier and the temples of Luxor, Egypt.

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