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Stargazers lined streets as 'ring of fire' solar eclipse looked over Scotland

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Stargazers took to the streets of Scotland as a partial solar eclipse looked over the country earlier today. The annular eclipse takes place when the sun and the moon are exactly in line with the earth.This event causes the sun to appear as a very bright ring, which has been dubbed the ‘ring of fire’ in far-northern areas such as the Arctic, Alaska and Greenland.And while so-called 'ring of fire' was not visible in Scotland, stargazers in this neck of the woods were treated to a partial covering of the sun.

The sun was crescent shaped across the country, with the sun being eclipsed by around 40% in the likes of Shetland and the Isle of Lewis - giving the best views in the UK.

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