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Photos: Thousands catch glimpse of 'breathtaking' solar eclipse

Photos: Thousands catch glimpse of 'breathtaking' solar eclipse

FP Staff • March 21, 2015, 14:52:45 IST

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Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe have glimpsed the best solar eclipse in years.

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Photos: Thousands catch glimpse of 'breathtaking' solar eclipse

This handout picture released by the European Space Agency on March 20, 2015 shows the solar eclipse captured by ESAís Sun-watching Proba-2 minisatellite. Proba-2 used its SWAP imager to capture the Moon passing in front of the Sun in a near-totality. SWAP views the solar disc at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths to capture the turbulent surface of the Sun and its swirling corona. AFP

A combination of photographs shows a partial solar eclipse at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, central England, March 20, 2015. A solar eclipse swept across the Atlantic Ocean on Friday with the moon blocking out the sun for a few thousand sky gazers on remote islands with millions more in Europe, Africa and Asia getting a partial celestial show. REUTERS

A view from a plane during the so-called

A multiple-exposure combination shows the different phases of the solar eclipse as seen in the archipelago of Svalbard March 20, 2015. A boy uses protective glasses to watch a partial solar eclipse in Nicosia, March 20, 2015. REUTERS

People look up to view a partial solar eclipse around the Giza Pyramids, on the outskirts of Cairo, March 20, 2015. A partial eclipse was visible on Friday, the first day of northern spring, across parts of Africa, Europe and Asia. The total eclipse of the sun was only visable in the Faroe Islands and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean. REUTERS

People use a special solar visor as they look at a partial solar eclipse in a square of Pontevedra in the northwest Spain March 20, 2015. A solar eclipse swept across the Atlantic Ocean on Friday with the moon set to block out the sun for a few thousand sky gazers on remote islands with millions more in Europe, Africa and Asia getting a partial celestial show. REUTERS

Birds fly and settle on trees in front of a partial solar eclipse, near Bridgwater, in south western England, March 20, 2015. REUTERS

A student observes the shadow of a partial eclipse cast on to white paper, at the Astronomical Observatory in Bialystok March 20, 2015. A partial eclipse was visible on Friday, the first day of northern spring, across parts of Africa, Europe and Asia. The total eclipse of the sun was only visable in the Faroe Islands and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean. REUTERS

A total solar eclipse is visible through the clouds as seen from Vagar on the Faeroe Islands, Friday, March 20, 2015. Apart from a few small breaks, a blanket of clouds in the Faeroe Islands blocked thousands of people there from experiencing the full effect of the total eclipse. AP

On this photo taken through a solar filter material, the moon blocks part of the sun during a solar eclipse as seen over Moscow Kremlin's Troitskaya (Trinity) tower, in Russia, on Friday, March 20, 2015. An eclipse is darkening parts of Europe on Friday in a rare solar event that won't be repeated for more than a decade. AP

A woman takes a photo of a partial solar eclipse on March 20, 2015 above the Faroe Islands from a Boeing 737 chartered by a science magazine. A group of 50 die-hard Danish eclipse watchers paid 15,800 kroner each (2,121 euros, $2,261) to watch the event miles above the Faroe Islands from a Boeing 737 chartered by a science magazine. AFP

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