Parisians get ready for the eclipse

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 01:37 France Issued on: 11/08/2026 - 16:40 Paris is preparing for the solar eclipse. The last one here in France was in 1999. So this is one not to miss, especially for the astrophotographer we met. Keywords for this article Eclipse France science France: Drought conditions worsen amid successive heatwaves 11/08/2026 France France faces reckoning on child abuse 09/08/2026 France France looks up for night of stars 08/08/2026 France French farmers 'heavily impacted' by climate crisis, both psychologically and economically. 07/08/2026 Environment Heatwaves bring an early wine harvest in France 07/08/2026 France Russia ramps up disinformation war as French presidential elections draw nearer 06/08/2026 France France's timber industry rushes to process trees charred by wildfires 06/08/2026 France France's DZ mafia suspected founder captured in Algeria 06/08/2026 France Theme park or political park: Did France's 'Puy d...