Saturday 21 March 2015

'Breathtaking' solar eclipse witnessed by millions

'Breathtaking' solar eclipse witnessed by millions


Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe have glimpsed the best solar eclipse in years. A great swathe of the Earth's surface was plunged into darkness as the Moon came between us and the Sun. From an aeroplane above the Faroe Islands, a BBC camera crew captured startling footage of the event reaching totality at 09:41 GMT. The deep shadow formed first in the North Atlantic and then swept up into the Arctic, ending at the North Pole.

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