Clouds cover the sky before a total solar eclipse in Arlington,
Texas (Image: AP) Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter More Newsletters Subscribe Please enter a valid email Something went wrong, please try again later. More Newsletters We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show me See Our Privacy Notice See Our Privacy Notice × Group 28 Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter Invalid email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up No thanks, close We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice The partial solar eclipse turned out to be a letdown for Scots as the rest of the world was treated to an incredible display. Cloudy skies prevented spectators across
Scotland from seeing a partial solar eclipse, while those in North America witnessed a total eclipse of the sun lasting up to four minutes and 29 seconds in some areas. Millions of people flocked to states including Texas, Arkansas, Ohio and Vermont on April 8, where the path of the solar eclipse meant they could witness the
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police watchdog to probe circumstances surrounding death of man in Highlands But unfavourable weather conditions meant even partial eclipses, where a little bit of the sun is covered by the moon, which was potentially visible from locations across the UK, were shrouded by overcast skies. Beautiful views from the Niagara Falls State Park during totality (Image: Daily Mirror) Dr Robert Massey, deputy executive director at the Royal Astronomical Society, said: “I’m wondering whether or not anybody in the
UK actually saw it. “There seem to be people saying it’s cloudy in Cornwall, cloudy in west Wales – there’s an outside chance people might be seeing it from a youth hostel on the Isle of Harris, in the Western Isles.” The Met Office said on Monday that a cloudy evening would prevent the partial eclipse from being seen in most of the UK, though viewing conditions were best in the far northwest of Scotland, including the Hebrides. Simon Partridge, a forecaster at the Met Office, said: “The chances are most of
England and Wales probably wouldn’t have seen it anyway.” The view of the eclipse in
Mexico. He added that outside of the northwest of Scotland, the eclipse would have been “very, very small and probably not actually noticeable” even if clouds had not obscured it. Professor Don Pollacco, of the department of physics at the University of Warwick, saw the total eclipse in Texas and said
British spectators had not missed much because there “wasn’t anything worth seeing in the UK”. He said: “The total eclipse is just so unbelievable whereas the partial eclipses are really boring. “The light takes on this really eerie quality, kind of a silveriness that’s really hard to explain and doesn’t come over on camera. “I’m a scientist, and I’m saying it’s magical.” Join the Daily Record
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