The United Kingdom is set to be plunged into darkness next month in the biggest solar eclipse in 15 years.
On the morning of March 20, at 8:45 am, the blackout will begin and the maximum eclipse, meaning that when the moon is nearest to the middle of the sun, will be at 9:31 am. The light will return at 10:41 am.
Nearly 90 per cent of the sun's rays will be blocked in parts of Europe, with some of Scotland seeing 94 per cent darkness.
The August 1999 event was the first total eclipse since 1990 and the first seen in the UK since 1927.