so far, officials said no casualties have yet been reported with evacuations are under way. a volcano monitoring body issued a warning to airlines of an ash cloud rising up to 50,000 feet. cat micro chipping is to be made compulsory in the uk video released by nasa shows a total solar eclipse as seen from western antarctica this morning. the earth s southernmost continent experiences continual daylight from mid 0ctober until early april, but the eclipse brought a few minutes of total darkness. a solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and earth, casting a shadow on earth, fully or partially blocking the sun s light in some areas. for a total eclipse to take place, the sun, moon, and earth must be in a direct line. the only place that this total eclipse could be