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Path of the eclipse around the world


Path of the eclipse across the UK


Video from ITN
The 1927 eclipse remembered


Dangers of looking at the eclipse


Eclipse explained


The best eclipse sites
NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Centre: Eclipse


NASA Eclipse 99 (with simpler explanations)


Royal Observatory, Greenwich


Eclipse.org.uk


The Science Museum


Royal Astronomical Society


Useful information
The last-minute survival guide


Visiting Cornwall and finding accommodation


Other eclipse destinations


Forthcoming eclipses


Manchester Guardian coverage of the 1927 eclipse
Manchester Guardian, June 1927


The Eclipse Spectacle


With the Astronomer Royal


The Watchers in the Sky


Science
Experiments to take part in


Halley's work on eclipses


Eclipse sites for children


Dr Robert Massey describes what you will see


A rare opportunity for science


Gallery
Photographs and drawings of past eclipses


Safety
What precautions should you take?


Eye damage risk from eclipse


Boats warned of freak winds during eclipse


France backs glasses offer for eclipse




The aftermath
Eclipse bites at Waitrose
21 August: The moon gradually moved in front of the sun, the temperature fell and the sky darkened in England last week - and an eerie silence swept across the country's shops, writes Julia Finch.

The low down: Absenteeism
16 August: Eclipses are traditionally regarded as harbingers of plague so it was refreshing to find the nation bouncing with health last week. A snap poll of organisations, conducted at noon last Wednesday, showed everyone was at their desk.

Streaks in sky baffle astronomers
13 August: Astronomers confessed last night that they were puzzled by mysterious dark bands of shadow across the sky during Wednesday's eclipse.

Islamic vigilantes enforce dress code on tourists
13 August: Islamic vigilantes harassed tourists and beat Iranians, some of whom were later detained by police, as they watched the eclipse in the town of Isfahan.

Hoteliers' boom is quickly eclipsed
13 August: Cornish hoteliers fear the boom from this week's influx of visitors to watch the eclipse may be as brief as the event itself.

Entrepreneurs see profits eclipsed
13 August: Festival organisers and campsite operators were left licking financial wounds yesterday as they raged about the reasons for the smaller than hoped-for rush to the west country.

Watch the eclipse


Relive the spectacle
Missed the eclipse? Don't worry, we've got a four-minute video of the once-in-a-lifetime experience over Cornwall.

Lunchtime news eclipse video

ITN video of the eclipse experience in the south-west

Eclipse wallpaper


Download our exclusive eclipse wallpaper

Listen to the expert


Dr Robin Catchpole of the Greenwich Royal Observatory describes the eclipse

The eclipse around the UK
What the different regions saw.

Your experiences


News Unlimited readers describe the eclipse
Did you see the eclipse? Email Ros Taylor and let us know what the eclipse meant to you.

The eclipse experiences continue
16 August: They're still coming in.

Justine Jordan in Coverack, Cornwall
'It was like seeing nightfall speeded up...'

Ben Wuersching in Bucharest, Romania
'It was marvellous...'

Nick Shaw overlooking the Isle of Wight
'On the Isle of Wight, all the town lights came on...'

E Bogucki in Lincoln
'The whole city centre was completely empty.'

Photo gallery


Follow the sun's re-emergence in photographs

The eclipse around Britain in photos

The eclipse abroad in photos

Shots from the total eclipse over Cornwall

Photo gallery
Our growing archive of eclipse pictures and photographs.

Your eclipse photographs

Recent reports


The greatest show off earth

Beyond the clouds, a spectacle that put everything else in the shade

Moore's the pity as Grant shines

From champagne moment to 'doomsday'

'Isn't it marvellous?'

Fears and beliefs vie with light of reason

Poetry


The hamburger flipped across the face of the bun...
Roger McGough's tribute to everyday eclipses

HG Wells: a short story


Apocalypse then
First there was fire in the sky. Then came storms, floods, earthquakes and darkness at the heart of the sun. HG Wells reports on an eclipse that claimed millions of lives and devastated our planet...

The 1927 eclipse


'This will be the first eclipse not to strike fear into the English people'
Read our coverage of the last British eclipse, seventy-two years ago.

Video from ITN


1927 remembered

Animations


Follow the path of the eclipse
Watch the shadow move across Europe and the Middle East (requires Shockwave Flash).

The eclipse in south-west England
Watch the shadow move across south-west England.

How much you saw
Find out how much of the sun was eclipsed in your area.





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