PA Reporters
10 June 2021, 1:27 pm
Skygazers across the UK were treated to a rare celestial show on Thursday morning as observers witnessed a crescent sun during a partial solar eclipse.
Despite cloudy skies, astronomy enthusiasts were able to see nearly a third of the sun being blocked out by the moon.
Robert Simpson, 39, from Milton Keynes, told the PA news agency: “I love how they (events such as the solar eclipse) make you see the moon and sun in a different way.
“I saw the UK partial eclipse in 2015, and a total eclipse in the US in 2017. So they are rare, but I catch them if I can.”