JASON HOROWITZ2026年8月13日西班牙卡斯特里略德拉雷纳 Christian Hartmann/ReutersThe first total solar eclipse in decades in Europe swept across the continent on Wednesday, turning day to dark across several countries as crowds watched from hilltops, coastlines and other open spaces.周三，欧洲数十年来首次日全食席卷整个大陆，在多个国家将白昼变为黑夜，人们在山顶、海岸线和其他开阔地带驻足观看。The coincidence of Earth, the moon and the sun falling into perfect alignment — a fleeting celestial event known as totality — created a frenzy across the region. People paid exorbitant hotel rates to be in the inner part, or umbra, of the lunar shadow. Along that path, where the sky was clear, the sun became a black disk ensconced in a hazy corona, surrounded by planets and stars.地球、月球和太阳恰好排成一线——这一被称为“全食阶段”的转瞬即逝的天文现象在整个地区引发了一阵狂热。人们支付高昂的酒店费用，只为身处月球阴影的内核部分（即本影区）。在那些天气晴朗的地方，太阳变成了一个被朦胧日冕环绕的黑色圆盘，周围点缀着行星和恒星。In Spain, normally empty towns filled up. Other people trekked to far-flung North Atlantic destinations. But how much anyone saw depended on their luck with cloud cover.在西班牙，平日空旷的城镇挤满了人。还有一些人则长途跋涉前往遥远的北大西洋目的地。但每个人能看到多少取决于他们遭遇云层覆盖的运气。西班牙卡斯特里略德拉雷纳The eclipse moved over Iceland — where birds screamed as if it were dusk, while the air went cold and darkness fell — and Spain, where crowds gathered in Castrillo de la Reina in the north chanted, “Now, now, now!” as the eclipse took its first nibble. In London, people clustered in streets and parks to see a partial eclipse. “Well done, moon,” exclaimed a viewer on Primrose Hill in London.日食掠过冰岛——那里的鸟儿像黄昏时分一样鸣叫，空气变冷，黑暗降临——接着到达西班牙，在北部卡斯特里略-德拉雷纳，当日食开始“初亏”时，聚集的人群高呼“现在，现在，现在！”在伦敦，人们聚集在街道和公园观看日偏食。“干得漂亮，月亮，”伦敦樱草山的一位观看者喊道。Eclipses have seized the imagination since people began telling stories. In Homer’s “Odyssey,” the death of Penelope’s suitors is foretold with an omen that may have been a solar eclipse: “The sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world.”自从人类开始讲故事以来，日食就一直激发着人们的想象。在荷马的《奥德赛》中，珀涅罗珀的求婚者之死是由一个可能为日食的预兆预示的：“太阳已从天空中被抹去，一个不祥的黑暗侵入世界。”That strange moment of totality was Wednesday’s main event. Much light went out of the sky and warmth out of the air. The moon seem to cut into the sun and then, over about an hour, slide across its surface until the brief totality phase — at most, just over two minutes — ended.周三的主要看点正是那奇特的全食时刻。光线基本从天空消失，空气的温度也随之下降。月亮仿佛切入太阳，然后在大约一个小时内滑过太阳表面，直到短暂的全食阶段（最长不过两分多钟）结束。西班牙卡斯特里略德拉雷纳Not everyone was lucky enough to see it, or much of it. At an eclipse festival in Hellissandur, Iceland, heavy clouds and rain were the order of the day. But just after 5:45 p.m. local time, the clouds parted just enough to let viewers see the sun narrow to a sliver.并非所有人都幸运地看到了它，或者看到了它的全部。在冰岛赫利桑德尔的日食节上，当天天气以浓云和大雨为主。但当地时间刚过下午5点45分，云层刚好散开了一些，让观众得以看到太阳变窄成一线。“It was like a generosity from the sky to open up for us,” said Bjorgvin Hallgrimsson, 60, a contractor who lives in Reykjavik.“这就像是天空大发慈悲，为我们打开了缺口，”60岁的比约格温·哈尔格里姆松说，他是一位住在雷克雅未克的承包商。巴黎In Sant Antoni, on the northern side of the Spanish island of Ibiza, a cloud covered the sun halfway through the eclipse. “This is a scam,” said Chelo Ortega, one of many people who were watching from the seafront promenade. “Maybe they’ll do a rerun tomorrow,” her husband, Julián Gómez, joked.在西班牙伊维萨岛北部的圣安东尼，日食进行到一半时，一朵云遮住了太阳。“这是个骗局，”切洛·奥尔特加说，她是众多在海滨大道上观看的人之一。“也许他们明天会再来一次，”她的丈夫胡利安·戈麦斯开玩笑说。A few impatient onlookers had started getting up to leave when, suddenly, the sun reappeared.一些不耐烦的观众已经开始起身准备离开，就在这时，太阳突然又重新出现了。西班牙马略卡The light dropped, and people began to shout. It briefly turned to night over the sea, and the sun’s fiery corona came into view. Thousands of phone screens were raised toward the sight as people applauded.光线暗了下来，人们开始欢呼。海面上短暂地变成了黑夜，太阳炽热的日冕映入眼帘。成千上万的手机屏幕升起，人群掌声雷动。本文节译自《纽约时报》实时报道。翻译：经雷