Solar Eclipse
Date published: 20 March 2015
Photo: Brian Taylor
Partial solar eclipse - 20 March 2015
People in the Borough have glimpsed the best partial solar eclipse in years.
In a solar eclipse, a swathe of the Earth is plunged into darkness as the Moon comes between us and the Sun.
The eclipse reached around 90% locally and the darkness peaked at about 09:35am.
Actual viewing opportunities were heavily dependent on the cloud cover that at times shrouded the sun and moon but the clouds broke at just the right time.
The UK will not see a solar eclipse on this scale again until 2026.
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