A partial eclipse of the sun is seen through clouds in Sarajevo March 20, 2015. (Photo : REUTERS/Dado Ruvic)
On 20 March 2015 a total solar eclipse plunged the Earth's surface into darkness. Millions of people in the UK and Northern Europe got the opportunity to glimpse at the best solar eclipse in years.
A BBC News camera crew captured the footage of the eclipse, as the moon came between the sun and the earth, from a plane. At 09:41 GMT, the event reached its climax. A deep shadow had formed from the North Atlantic stretching up to the Arctic that reached its end in the North Pole.
The eclipse started with the mesmerizing phenomena of light known as the Aurora Borealis, the skies were lit up due to the highly power geomagnetic storm which started since 2013. The phenomena of Aurora Borealis is also known as Northern Lights.
This rare event, which had coincided with the equinox, is the first total solar eclipse since the eclipse over Australia that happened in November 2012. The next eclipse will take place over Indonesia in March 2016, followed by a total eclipse over the U.S. in August 2017, stated by NASA
However in parts of Europe, Asia and Africa, many were able to see a partial eclipse as the moon passed between the earth and the sun, blocking out the sun.
People were keen to catch a glimpse of the eclipse but were advised not to look directly at it. Photographers from all over the world and even those present in space, captured some mesmerizing photos of the phenomenon that has mystified people for centuries.
