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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68767024
[size=0.75rem]IMAGE SOURCE,[/size]BBC WEATHER WATCHERS/ ELIZABETH[size=0.875rem]Image caption,
A partial eclipse was able to be seen in parts of Scotland[/size][/size]
[size=inherit]A partial eclipse was seen by very few people in the UK, with most of the country missing the chance to see the phenomenon because of cloud cover.[/size]
A solar eclipse - when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, obscuring the view of the Sun from Earth - took place on Monday.
Tens of millions of people in the US gathered to view the total eclipse.
In the UK, clear skies in northern and western Scotland meant some could see the Moon obscure part of the Sun.
BBC Weather presenter Simon King said there was too much cloud to see much, or any, of the partial eclipse - which [size=inherit]
would have otherwise been visible from western parts of the UK[/size] from 19:55 BST until sunset.
"However, there was always a chance in northern and western Scotland of some clearer spells and that's where at least a couple of our BBC Weather Watchers were able to capture a partial eclipse," he said.
BBC Weather Watcher Elizabeth managed to photograph the Moon blocking part of the Sun as it was setting in Gairloch, in the Highlands of Scotland, while fellow Weather Watcher Callum P captured the phenomenon over the Orkney Islands.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68766846Here goes:
Media caption,
Watch: Stunning images of the total solar eclipse crossing North America[/size][/size]
By Holly Honderich
in Washington
[size=inherit]Across Mexico, the US and Canada, inside a ribbon of land stretching 155 miles wide but more than 4,000 miles long, tens of millions of people craned their necks, tilted their heads to the sky and watched in wonder as the day turned to night.[/size]
Media caption,
Watch: Stunning images of the total solar eclipse crossing North America[/size][/size]
By Holly Honderich
in Washington
Across Mexico, the US and Canada, inside a ribbon of land stretching 155 miles wide but more than 4,000 miles long, tens of millions of people craned their necks, tilted their heads to the sky and watched in wonder as the day turned to night.[/size]
