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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.
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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.
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The solar eclipse, in pictures
It began in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Iceland and ended in the Indian Ocean.
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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.
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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.