In a tiny Spanish farming village, retired shepherd Joaquin Tapioles is preparing to watch next week's total solar eclipse from the observatory ⁠he built after being inspired by the mysteries of the skies as a boy.

SAN AGUSTIN DEL POZO, Spain, Aug 6 : In a tiny Spanish farming village, retired shepherd Joaquin Tapioles is preparing to watch next week's first-in-a-century total solar eclipse from the observatory he built after being inspired by the mysteries of the skies as a boy.The first total eclipse visible from the