Solar Eclipse Seen Across Europe: In Pictures

A total solar eclipse occurs over Svalbard, Norway, Friday. A partial eclipse was visible on Friday, the first day of northern spring, across parts of Africa, Europe and Asia. The total eclipse of the sun was only visible in the Faroe Islands and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean. REUTERS/Haakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB scanpix
Two men use welding masks to view a partial solar eclipse at St Michael's Mount, Friday near Penzance, England. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
A family from Oregon, USA uses special glasses on Marianplatz to look at a partial solar eclipse, Friday, in Munich, Germany. Joerg Koch/Getty Images
The moon blocks part of the sun during a solar eclipse seen over Moscow's Kremlin Troitskaya tower, Friday. AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin
A combination of photographs shows a partial solar eclipse at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, central England, Friday. REUTERS/Darren Staples
A partial solar eclipse is seen through a dark glass plate in Budapest Friday. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
Students from Saint Ursula's Covent Secondary School in Greenwich wearing protective glasses at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Friday in London. Rob Stothard/Getty Images
A partial solar eclipse is seen from Bridgwater, in south western England, Friday. REUTERS/Toby Melville
A partial solar eclipse is seen over Northamptonshire, Friday, in Northampton, England. Clive Mason/Getty Images
Different phases of the solar eclipse seen from Longyearbyen, Svalbard, an archipeligo administered by Norway, Friday. Jon Olav Nesvolld/AFP/Getty Images
A man uses protective glasses to watch a partial solar eclipse, Friday over Strasbourg, eastern France. Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images
A partial solar eclipse in seen above a mosque in Oxford, central England, Friday. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
A child uses a protective card to catch a glimpse of a solar eclipse, Friday, in Izmir western province of Turkey. Cem Oksuz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
A partial solar eclipse is seen over a statue at the Mausoleum of Hadrian, known as Castel Sant'Angelo, in Rome, Friday. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
A seagull is pictured in front of the sun during a partial solar eclipse, Friday, in Tonypandy, Wales, United Kingdom. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A partial solar eclipse of the sun is visible in Izmir, Turkey, Friday. Evren Atalay/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
A person holds up a strip of exposed photographic film to observe a partial solar elcipse in Szczecin, Poland, Friday. REUTERS/Agencja Gazeta
A total solar eclipse occurs over Svalbard, Norway, Friday. REUTERS/Haakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB Scanpix
Members of the Galloway Forest Astronomical Society prepare their equipment ahead of Friday's solar eclipse in Newton Stewart, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
A dog is given protective glasses by its owner prior to the solar eclipse in Regent's Park in London, Friday. Heavy cloud cover prevented the eclipse from being seen in London. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth