DRAMATIC darkness fell over Warrington this morning giving residents a rare chance to see a solar eclipse.
Dozens of onlookers visited Hill Cliffe in Appleton for a view over Warrington.
Hundreds of students also braved the chilly weather at Priestley College to watch the first solar eclipse of their lifetime.
Science students turned up prepared with colanders, cereal boxes and eclipse glasses whilst almost everyone seemed to have a mobile phone to record the historic moment.
“It was great to see students from across the college experiencing this truly astronomical event,” said Deb Pressage, head of science and maths at Priestley.
“When the clouds cleared it was wonderful to see the look on everyone’s faces.”
For science student Eleanor Bradbury, formerly of the University Academy Warrington, it was a memorable experience.
“We’ve seen this happening on the TV in other countries so to have it happen here is really special,” she said.
Warrington Guardian photographer Dave Gillespie took this sequence of pictures.
All eyes to the heavens for the #SolarEclipse @warringtonnews pic.twitter.com/6REuc1J6S9
— Priestley College (@priestleysfc) March 20, 2015
BELOW: David Potter sent in thess dramatic images of the eclipse from his garden in Sandymoor.
BELOW: Anna Bass sent in this beautiful picture taken from 'Quayside', an NHS building situated on Wilderspool Park in Stockton Heath.
#solareclipse as seen from #Warrington Town Hall @warringtonnews @warringtonworld pic.twitter.com/WBoJ8A4ALV
— Warrington Council (@WarringtonBC) March 20, 2015
@warringtonnews #hillcliff pic.twitter.com/De11FDB3eZ
— sarah jolliffe (@sarahclare75) March 20, 2015
View of the solar eclipse from the international space station. #eclipse2015 pic.twitter.com/YMuEipkRcg
— World In Pictures (@WorldPlCS) March 20, 2015
Great shot from David Morgan outside our Warrington office of Oliver Cromwell watching the… https://t.co/AsjvgDDo4s
— Warrington Guardian (@warringtonnews) March 20, 2015
It's up there 🌒 so cute that our princess was watching too @rararyan85 @warringtonnews pic.twitter.com/NYThmYNKrm
— Stevie Wright (@StevieSwright) March 20, 2015@warringtonnews for archives. Taken Birchwood about 0920hrs today during a tiny break in clouds & using a dark filter pic.twitter.com/ElK3u9R8eP
— stephen marnick (@StephenMarnick) March 20, 2015BELOW: Warrington Guardian reader Ally sent in this beautiful picture of the eclipse.
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