At 9:30 on a mild spring morning, London was treated to a display of inspiring cosmic ballet, as the sun was blotted out by the moon in a once-in-a-generation solar eclipse.
Londoners had waited 16 long years since the last eclipse, and they weren’t disappointed. We’ve carefully curated some of the most mind-blowing eclipse pictures taken by Islingtonites, so you can remember this momentous event many years from now. Let’s have a look.
Stunning. Just stunning.
#Eclipse more like Fifty Shades of Grey here in Islington… pic.twitter.com/I7jOO4nAuU
— English Bone China (@bySaraSmith) March 20, 2015
#Inspiring
Look how gassed finsbury square is about the solar eclipse pic.twitter.com/dRRHRHDAKv
— Charelle Smith (@charellesmith) March 20, 2015
Sends a chill down your spine, doesn’t it?
I don't think the skies of North London got the memo about the eclipse pic.twitter.com/ChrK8pL5Ir
— Eva Holland (@HollandEva) March 20, 2015
Take a good look – you won’t witness such beauty for another decade
GREAT VIEW OF ECLIPSE FROM CALEDONIAN ROAD #SolarEclipse pic.twitter.com/J3f3O783io
— angus (@angusdick) March 20, 2015
The galactic theatre united Londoners on a grand scale
Knots of people in Highbury Fields waiting for the aliens to arrive. I mean the #eclipse. Yes that's it, the eclipse. pic.twitter.com/g5ik9OBmVu
— Richard Lister (@RListerNews) March 20, 2015
Only nature in her pure form could produce such beauty.
Amazing #eclipse2015 over Holloway Road #eclipse #TotalEclipseOfTheSun pic.twitter.com/lGo9Q4wh0H
— Hamish Macdonald (@hamishNews) March 20, 2015
Decades from now, we’ll tell our grandchildren about this.
The wonder of the eclipse as viewed from Contented Towers in Clerkenwell. #eclipse #anticlimax #clouds #clerkenwell pic.twitter.com/cnVpmmLcwe
— Contented Brothers (@ContentedBros) March 20, 2015
It’s the eclipse’s skin-tingling eerieness that made today’s cosmological marvel so fascinating.
Clerkenwell@night…I mean this eclipse is amazing!!! Have we been sold snake oil?? #eclipse2015 pic.twitter.com/Z51EfDY4U5
— Peter Briffett (@PeterBriffett) March 20, 2015
Humans have always been drawn to the heavens. Today proved that.
Eclipse from North London. Oh…sorry…that's bird poo. pic.twitter.com/cUioBq6aAg
— Helen O'Rahilly (@HelenORahilly) March 20, 2015
WOW.
the solar eclipse is just incredible in North London pic.twitter.com/U81ey3y4mY
— neb (@bencurley12) March 20, 2015
It’s enough to bring a tear to your eye. Simply wonderful
@guardian @crstokes83 our eclipse experience! In north London ???? pic.twitter.com/1wzMGL8KLJ
— Vickle Lysons (@VickyLysons) March 20, 2015
Mysterious, marvellous and mystifying – we hope you enjoyed the natural beauty of the heavens and Islington.
See you in 10 years’ time. And remember – watch the skies.
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