All parts of the UK have been witnessing a partial solar eclipse, which started at about 08:18 GMT in southern England and peaked at around 09:36
The Faroe Islands and Svalbard in the Arctic Circle were the only places to experience a total eclipse
The amount of the sun's disc which is obscured varied from 96% in northern Scotland to 83% in southern England
On 21 August 2017, a total eclipse of the Sun will begin in the northern Pacific and cross the US from west to east.
Nasa has created a map showing the predicted path of the 2017 total eclipse through the US. Time to get excited.
Image source, NASAA partial eclipse will also be visible over most of North America.
Robin Clegg in Birmingham sent us this picture of his view of the eclipse
Image source, Robin Clegg
Image source, AFP/GettyWell, that's a novel way to view the eclipse! The advice was not to view the sun directly - but instead of special glasses, this man in Pristina, Kosovo, decided to use a dental X-ray.
Eclipse-chasing psychologist Dr Kate Russo seems to think so.
On her website Dr Russo describes how it feels to chase the Moon's shadow: "Once you have seen a total eclipse, it seems to ignite a fire that becomes a powerful driving force. Eclipse chasing is not just a hobby - eclipse chasing is a way of life."
Read Dr Kate Russo's blog on the psychology of eclipses, external
Image source, Allan TrowWales was one of the best areas in the UK to see the eclipse from. Check out some of the best images of the day here.
Nearly identical eclipses (total, annual, or partial) reoccur after 18 years, 11 days and 8 hours, or every 6,585.3 days. This is called the Saros cycle. It was first known as a period when lunar eclipses seem to repeat themselves, but the cycle is applicable to solar eclipses as well, external.
Paddy Kenny emails: I had an amazing time watching the eclipse and numerous efforts to create a safe eclipse viewer, couldn't get them to work just as I give up I threw a piece of card on the worktop in my kitchen only to realize that conveniently the holes in my blind slats for the cords cast an amazing image of the eclipse unconventional but worked amazingly well experienced the eclipse in stunning clarity!
Image source, ReutersThe partial eclipse can just about be seen over Stonehenge, Wiltshire, in this image.
There are at least four eclipses every year - two solar and two lunar. Although up to seven can occur in one given year.
The next eclipse of 2015 is a lunar eclipse on 4 April. The next solar eclipse will be a partial one on 3 September. The final eclipse of this year is a lunar eclipse on 28 September.
Image source, ReutersThe partial solar eclipse forming earlier near the cross of the Church of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker in Sofia, Bulgaria.
@flightradar24 tweeted, external: "Pilots on some regular scheduled flights gave the passengers a special #SolarEclipse ride. Nice initiative!"
What did it feel like to see the eclipse? Here's a nice description from Ralph Wilkins, of the London-based Baker Street Irregular Astronomers, who watched events unfold outside a school in Hambrook, South Gloucestershire.
He said: "The sky started clearing just after first contact and we were able to watch the moon glide in front of the sun.
"It was a unique experience - eerie is the right word for it. The shadows started to sharpen and everything began to develop this yellowish hue.
"Whenever there's a solar eclipse in the UK you tend to get cloud, so to be treated to clear skies was really wonderful. It really was beautiful. We were all thrilled."
Full daylight returns to Svalbard, Norway, about one hour after totality.
Image source, AFP/GettyA collage of eclipse images from Gaiberg near Heidelberg, south-western Germany, as the Moon covered the Sun.
Russell Hawker in Winchester emails: Not all parts of the UK are enjoying a view of the solar eclipse. We are having to use our imagination and picture what the eclipse would look like had the sky been clear.
In order to have a solar eclipse a planet needs to have a moon. So planets like Venus and Mercury, with no moon, will never experience one.
Eclipses on other planets vary depending on the moon and planet combination. Mars' moons are quite small, so only create partial eclipses.
All of the giant planets in our Solar System - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune - have substantial moons and can experience eclipses. Eclipses are particularly common on Jupiter, since its moons orbit in the same plane with the Sun.
This remarkable image shows the shadows cast on Jupiter by two of its moons.
Image source, NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team[Image: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)]
Image source, EPASome of the most dramatic images of the eclipse have come from Svalbard, in Norway, which experienced totality at around 10:12 GMT.
In the UK, the clearest views of the partial eclipse were from Wales, parts of the West Country, the Midlands and eastern Scotland around Edinburgh.
Elsewhere, it was experienced as an abnormal level of darkness - and we've also had reports of birds falling silent and flocking to trees, confused by the fading light.
As well as the solar eclipse, today is marked by a super moon and a spring equinox. Watch the BBC Weather video here to explain what the equinox means.
Cold and "spooky" - but worth it. That's what spectators in Newlyn told BBC reporter Jonathan Maguire in Newlyn on the BBC News Channel.