Solar Eclipse: 'Hybrid' Event Best Seen In Africa

A solar eclipse has swept across the globe, plunging parts of Africa, Europe and the United States into darkness.

The rare event, known as a hybrid eclipse because the extent to which the Sun was blocked out varied around the world, was best viewed in equatorial Africa, where totality lasted for up to a minute.

Skywatchers in Lagos, Nigeria, had a cloudy view of the solar eclipse

Skywatchers in southern Europe, the Middle East, North America's east coast and the northern half of South America were able to see an "annular", or partial, eclipse, although poor weather obstructed the view for many.

Jose Afonso, director of the Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Lisbon in Portugal, said: "Throughout your lifetime, if you're living in the same place, you'll perhaps see a total solar eclipse once or maybe twice.

A partial eclipse was visible in New York shortly after sunrise

"It's a very uncommon event for any place on Earth."

Astronomers had warned people not to look directly at the Sun without taking safety precautions.

Solar eclipses can be viewed through binoculars or a telescope by projecting the Sun's disc onto a sheet of card or paper, or by using eclipse glasses which filter sunlight.

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