In 40 photos – Sussex residents witness biggest partial solar eclipse in 25 years

The rare phenomenon, which was visible across the UK and Ireland, started 6.18pm and reached its peak at 7.14pm, ending at 8.07pm.

Anyone who was planning to watch the eclipse was advised to not look directly at the Sun and was told that sunglasses, smoked glass, photographic filters, gelatine filters and crossed polarisers were not suitable.

People were advised to only use specially designed solar viewing glasses that protect against infrared and ultraviolet radiation to look at the sun. People were also told they could watch the eclipse indirectly by using a pinhole projector. This allowed them to see the Sun’s image on a sheet of paper.

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