article_snippet: Some observers took to Twitter to express Some observers views on the sunspots, which were spotted in live footage showing the moon passing across the face of the sun .
article_snippet: There were more than 10,000 mentions of the eclipse per minute on Twitter, according to social media monitoring company Brandwatch .
article_snippet: More than 100 people flocked to the 5,000-year-old Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis to witness A partial eclipse.
article_snippet: Lewis had been billed as the prime place in Britain to see the solar phenomenon.
article_snippet: Caroline Pritchard, 58, and Lewis partner Laurence McCallum, 50, travelled 905 miles in a 21 hour car and ferry journey - together with their three dogs - to see the event.
article_snippet: This is the end of the age of Aquarius and we wanted to get here to see A partial eclipse,' said Mr McCallum, who works in a fine food business.
article_snippet: we arrived on Tuesday and unfortunately missed the other great astronomical event here the week.
article_snippet: But the eclipse more than made up for it.'
article_snippet: Ms Pritchard agreed: 'I am a spiritual person and I was drawn here to see A partial eclipse.
article_snippet: Islander Linda Vaughan, 62, from Crossbost, rang a Tibetan bowl to herald A partial eclipse as a Tibetan bowl created dusk - with temperatures noticeably plunging with the sun's infra red blocked out. '
article_snippet: Instead, solar eclipse glasses (shown) helped people observe the other great astronomical event .
article_snippet: Four intrepid shadow seekers even boarded a special boat trip with Kilda Cruises from Leverburgh on the Isle of Harris at 5am to witness A partial eclipse at remote St Kilda.
article_snippet: Donny Mackay, president of the Stornoway Astronomical Society, said the Stornoway Astronomical Society received over 500 inquiries by email - as well as 100 phone calls - from all over the UK as well as far away as Germany. '