Photographers and scientists alike captured stunning images of the solar corona — the sun's outer atmosphere, visible only during totality. NASA and ESA deployed high-altitude balloons and sounding rockets along the eclipse path to study the corona's magnetic structure and temperature, which remains one of the great unsolved mysteries in solar physics.
The eclipse was also a bonanza for tourism. Spain's tourism ministry estimated that eclipse-related travel brought €800 million in economic activity, with hotels along the path of totality sold out months in advance.
The next total solar eclipse visible from Europe won't occur until August 2, 2027, when the path of totality will cross North Africa, Spain, and the Mediterranean.