THE cloudy sky didn't stop the remarkable vision of the partial solar eclipse this morning.
On the morning of June 10, skygazers were able to see nearly a third of the sun being blocked out by the moon in what is known as an annular eclipse.
The annular eclipse started at 09:59 in Penzance and slowly made its way across the UK.
It was most visible and at its peak between 11:03 and 11:27 before coming to an end just after half-past 12.
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Partial solar eclipse this morning - image by Echo Camera Club Dorset member Nick Leonard
What causes the annular eclipse?
An annular eclipse occurs when the sun and moon are exactly in line with the earth, but the apparent size of the moon is smaller than that of the sun.
This causes the sun to appear as a very bright ring, or annulus, in a phenomenon dubbed as the “ring of fire”.
Partial solar eclipse this morning - image by Echo Camera Club Dorset member Sharon Wheeler.
Observers in the UK and Ireland only saw a crescent sun instead of a ring, as this will be a partial eclipse.
Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, told the PA news agency: “This ‘ring of fire’ will be seen from Russia, Greenland and northern Canada.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich live-streamed the eclipse which is still available on its website and YouTube channel.
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