In the UK, the solar eclipse was only partial, meaning that the sun was never fully blocked out by the moon. To see a full eclipse, you had to be in the Faroe Islands or on the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway.

Those who were there had a tremendous view. Here’s a video of the climactic moments of the eclipse taken by Liz Bonnin of the BBC on a flight over the Faroe Islands. (It’s worth watching with sound to hear the excellent commentary):

And here, from Sky News, is a video that condenses the full two-and-a-half hours of the eclipse into 60 seconds.

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