The solar eclipse, in pictures
A partial solar eclipse of very low magnitude has left us with some marvellous images on Tuesday, visible over much of Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia.
The solar eclipse, in pictures
The duration of the phenomenon was 244 minutes (about four hours) and the moon did not entirely cover the sun from any point on Earth.
The solar eclipse, in pictures
It began in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Iceland and ended in the Indian Ocean.
The solar eclipse, in pictures
An eclipse is a phenomenon in which the light of the Sun is totally or partially obscured when a star comes between the Sun and the Earth.
The solar eclipse, in pictures
The further north in Europe, the more important the eclipse was. In some parts of Russia, 86% of the Sun was eclipsed.
