article_snippet: In Britain, millions turned out to watch the first solar eclipse of this century, which plunged parts of the UK in to brief darkness.
article_snippet: Britain's skies began to darken at around 8.24am this morning as the Moon started to move between us and the sun, with the eclipse peaking at around 9.30am across the country.
article_snippet: Today's eclipse produced a 100-mile-wide 'totality' shadow path that crossed the North Atlantic, resulting in a partial eclipse across the northern hemisphere, including the whole of Europe, Greenland, Newfoundland, northern Africa and western Asia.
highlights_snippet: Eclipse plunged most of the Northern Hemisphere into partial darkness .
  