article_snippet: The moon will travel in front of the sun, casting a shadow over the Earth and darkening the skies across Scotland and across Europe in the morning of Friday (20 March).
article_snippet: The partial eclipse - when The moon starts touching the sun's edge - will start around 8.30am and will last until about 10.45am.
article_snippet: the UK will see the eclipse as a deep partial eclipse. '
article_snippet: Here 98 per cent of the sun will be obscured at mid-eclipse at around
article_snippet: Skies will darken for any location where the maximum obscuration exceeds 95 per cent which includes north-western Scotland, the Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetland Islands.'
article_snippet: David Warrington, resident astronomer at the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory added: 'David Warrington, resident astronomer at the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory will suddenly get dark for half an hour or so with an eerie false dawn. '
article_snippet: From the Borders upwards you should get this noticeable darkening and the further north you travel the darker it will appear to be as more of the sun will disappear behind the moon.'
article_snippet: Birds can be fooled by the sudden darkness and are likely to fly off to find refuge.