Evening Telegraph chief photographer Rowland Hobson captured this photo of today's partial eclipse.
Friday (August 1) sees a total eclipse of the sun - although in the UK observers will only witness a partial solar eclipse.
This happens as the moon's silhouette takes a bite out of the top of the sun's disk.
From this region, this partial eclipse will start around 9:30am. The mid point, when close to 15 percent of the sun will be obscured by the moon, occurs at around 10:17 am and the whole event will end at around 11:06am, when the moon moves on past the sun.
Weather permitting; staff at the National Space Centre in Leicester will be setting up special equipment to enable visitors to view the partial eclipse in complete safety.
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- A total solar eclipse takes place when the Earth, Moon and Sun are aligned and the shadow of the Moon crosses the surface of the Earth.
- At mid-eclipse, observers within the heart of the Moon's shadow briefly see totality, where the silhouette of the Moon completely covers the Sun.
- At this point, Earth-bound observers see a rare glimpse of the Sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona.
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