Partial View of a Partial Solar Eclipse

Partial Solar Eclipse 4/1/2011. Leicester. This is full res.(click) of (c) below (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse 4/1/2011. Leicester. This is full res.(click) of (c) below (Photo: Tim Jones)

There were literally a few seconds at sunrise this morning when the clouds stayed off long enough for me to catch this partial eclipse of the sun by the moon from a hilltop in Leicester, UK, at around 8.30.

It clouded over completely within ten minutes – and is now snowing.  Fewer clouds would have been nice, but I consider myself lucky all the same.  The limb of the moon is clearly visible.  Following pics in chronological order.

Partial Solar Eclipse (a) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (a) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (b) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (b) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (c) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (c) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (d) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (d) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (e) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (e) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (f) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (f) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (g) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Partial Solar Eclipse (g) 4th Jan 2011, Leicester (Photo: Tim Jones)
Then the clouds close in (Photo:Tim Jones)
Then the clouds close in (Photo:Tim Jones)

SEE ALSO MY POST ON THE 20 May 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse HERE

Leicester University got a similar view: see here.

And some really nice pics from further afield in the Telegraph here.

Mark Edwards, near Rugby, had similar conditions to mine: here via BBC

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