Millions
across Britain stopped to watch the first solar eclipse of this
century, which plunged parts of the UK in to brief darkness.
Britain's
skies began to darken at around 8.24am this morning as the Moon started
to move between us and the sun, with the eclipse peaking at around
9.30am across the country.
The
sun's light was almost totally concealed, casting a huge shadow of the
Moon across the nation turning day briefly to night, but watchers could
not look directly at the sun because they risked damaging their eyes.
In
the Hebrides the sun was practically invisible as the Isle of Lewis
experienced a 98 per cent eclipse, while the Faroe Islands saw a total
eclipse.
But
cloud coverage meant that millions across Britain were unable to see
anything at all of the eclipse, the like of which will not be seen again
for several more decades.
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