From the main European cities to an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, much of the northern hemisphere could contemplate this morning the first and last total solar eclipse 2015
Unfortunately, this spectacular event could not be observed from Latin America. However, we show the solar eclipse full video, so you can watch as the day was absorbed by the darkness of the night.
Eclipse seen from Newquay, England
In the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, the Eclipse was awaited with special attention for being there all. However, a band of clouds prevented his vision in the central time.
Despite the clouds, the solar eclipse will not disappoint the approximately 8000 visitors who came to the archipelago from places like Australia and Japan. “It remains a rare and impressive sight to see how the daylight comes and goes in a few minutes,” a German tourist who had traveled there with his wife to watch the event.
The Svalbard archipelago ( Arctic Ocean) , and the mountainous tip of Norway were the only places besides Faroe, which could look a total eclipse .
In the UK the persistent clouds allowed to see only a gray day. “Not much solar eclipse seen from the Buckingham Palace!” He said on his Twitter account Prince Andrew, Duke of York.
Also in Spain, where the magnitude of Eclipse reached up to 80 percent in the north, clouds prevented see it in almost all the territory. The privileged ones who could follow were the inhabitants of the Canary Islands, although the location of the archipelago made the extent there is less, disappearing only at the sight of the spectators around half the surface of the solar disk.
Also in parts of North Africa and Asia could look a Partial eclipse . The last total eclipse was seen in Australia in November 2012.
Next solar eclipse 2015 will be the September 13, being a partial one. It can be viewed in South Africa, southern India and parts of Antarctica
. Source: DPA
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