In London, partial solar eclipse blocked out around 15% around 11am on Tuesday
A partial solar eclipse visible over Cullercoats Watch House in North Shields. Picture date: Tuesday October 25, 2022.
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A statue on top of the Bernini’s colonnade is pictured during a partial solar eclipse in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican
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The sun sits above treetops over the skies of Bristol during a partial solar eclipse.
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A partial solar eclipse seen from mountain Vlasic near Travnik, Bosnia,
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A photograph shows a partial solar eclipse in Hede-Bazouges, western France on October 25, 2022
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A partial solar eclipse as seen from Bucharest
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Cameraman records a partial solar eclipse from mountain Vlasic near Travnik, Bosnia,
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A man watches in a telescope a partial solar eclipse in Kosovo capital Pristina
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he only solar eclipse visible in the UK this year has occurred, which was visible in London shortly after 10am.
In London, the partial solar eclipse began at 1.08am, and the eclipse peaked at 10.59am. It was visible across the UK until about midday.
Around 15% of the Sun was blocked out by the eclipse as the Moon passed between it and the Earth.
In the UK, among the best views was seen in the Shetland Isles, while abroad, observers in western Siberia, Russia, got the best view of the eclipse, where the Moon obscured around 85% of the Sun.
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The solar eclipse as seen in Salzburg, Austria
Speaking before the event, Dr Robert Massey, of the Royal Astronomical Society, said the eclipse will cause the Moon to block the view of “some or all of the bright solar surface”, and the Sun will “appear to have a bite taken out of it”.
Jake Foster, astronomer at Royal Observatory Greenwich, added: “The eclipse will be visible across the whole of the UK, as well as large parts of Europe and Central and South Asia.
“The amount of obscuration you’ll see will depend on where you are on the Earth.”
He said: “Even though a portion of the Sun’s light will be blocked, it will not get noticeably darker in the UK during the eclipse.”
Experts had advised those wanting to see the phenomenon that it was important not to attempt to view the eclipse with the naked eye or via binoculars or a telescope.
They had advised using a pinhole in a piece of card to allow an image of the Sun to be projected onto another piece of card behind it, and thereby avoiding any damage to the eyes.
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