Solar Eclipse 2015

man uses protective glasses the moon pass infront of the Earth's star marking a total eclipse, the only one this year, in Vigo, northwestern Spain on March 20, 2015. The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, located 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) from the North Pole, is along with the Faroe Islands the only place the total eclipse will be visible, assuring three minutes of total darkness when the moon totally blocks the sun. AFP PHOTO/ MIGUEL RIOPAMIGUEL RIOPA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 539027835

A passenger shows a picture of a solar eclipse on March 20, 2015 above the Faroe Islands aboard a Boeing 737 chartered by a science magazine. A group of 50 die-hard Danish eclipse watchers paid 15,800 kroner each (2,121 euros, $2,261) to watch the event miles above the Faroe Islands from a Boeing 737 chartered by a science magazine. AFP PHOTO / Halldor KOLBEINSHALLDOR KOLBEINS/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: 7412 ORIG FILE ID: 539033625

epa04671394 Children wearing special glasses gather to watch a partial solar eclipse, at the Science City in Tunis,Tunisia, 20 march 2015 The partial eclipse was visible across Europe and parts of Asia and Africa, while sky-gazers in the Arctic were treated to a perfect view of a total solar eclipse as the moon completely blocked out the sun in a clear sky. EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA ORG XMIT: TUN02

= RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ESA/ROB" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS = This handout picture released by the European Space Agency on March 20, 2015 shows the solar eclipse captured by ESAs Sun-watching Proba-2 minisatellite. Proba-2 used its SWAP imager to capture the Moon passing in front of the Sun in a near-totality. SWAP views the solar disc at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths to capture the turbulent surface of the Sun and its swirling corona. AFP PHOTO / ESA/ROB HANDOUT = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ESA/ROB" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS = Proba-2 minisatellite/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 539033608

This combo of different phases of the solar eclipse seen from Longyearbyen, Svalbard, an archipeligo administered by Norway, on March 20, 2015. AFP PHOTO / NTB SCANPIX / Jon Olav Nesvold +++ NORWAY OUTJON OLAV NESVOLD/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: 7403 ORIG FILE ID: 539029543

epa04671151 The solar eclipse seen through the trees in Sion, Switzerland, March, 20, 2015. A Partial Solar Eclipse is seen in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern and western Africa, 20 March 2015. The eclipse starts at 07:41 UTC and ends at 11:50 UTC. EPA/OLIVIER MAIRE ORG XMIT: OM107

Performers play instruments at sunrise on March 20, 2015, near a pre-historic stone shrine aligned to the Spring Equinox in Chas, northeast Portugal during a total eclipse, the only one this year. The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, located 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) from the North Pole, is along with the Faroe Islands the only place the total eclipse will be visible, assuring three minutes of total darkness when the moon totally blocks the sun. AFP PHOTO/ FRANCISCO LEONGFRANCISCO LEONG/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 539028340

epa04671127 A partial solar eclipse as seen in Gdansk, Poland, 20 March 2015. A Partial Solar Eclipse is seen in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern and western Africa on 20 March with the eclipse starting at 07:41 UTC and ending at 11:50 UTC. EPA/ADAM WARZAWA POLAND OUT ORG XMIT: PAP02

epa04671259 A woman uses a solar viewing filter to observe a partial solar eclipse at Vienna, Austria, 20 March 2015. A Partial Solar Eclipse is seen in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern and western Africa, 20 March 2015. The eclipse starts at 07:41 UTC and ends at 11:50 UTC. EPA/GEORG HOCHMUTH ORG XMIT: APA22818914

A drone flies in foreground of a partial solar eclipse in Vienna on March 20, 2015. AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMARJOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 539029370

epa04671291 Egyptians wear special glasses to view a partial solar eclipse, gathering near the Sphinx at the Giza Pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, 20 March 2015. The partial eclipse was visible across Europe and parts of Asia and Africa, while sky-gazers in the Arctic were treated to a perfect view of a total solar eclipse as the moon completely blocked out the sun in a clear sky. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI ORG XMIT: GIZ01

epa04671277 The sun appears as a sickle behind the Star of the Moscow Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 20 March 2015. A Partial Solar Eclipse is seen in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern and western Africa, 20 March 2015. The eclipse starts at 07:41 UTC and ends at 11:50 UTC. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY ORG XMIT: MOS

epa04671018 Hobby astronomers gaze with special sunglasses at the partial solar eclipse in front of the observatory in Berlin, Germany, 20 March 2015. A Partial Solar Eclipse is seen in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern and western Africa on 20 March with the eclipse starting at 07:41 UTC and ending at 11:50 UTC. EPA/KAY†NIETFELD ORG XMIT: nie271

MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 20: People use special glasses to look into the sky during a partial solar eclipse outside the Planetario on March 20, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. In Madrid the moon was scheduled to cover approximately 65 percent of the sun for a short period starting at approximately 9:05am. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 543767605 ORIG FILE ID: 467008848

A woman uses a radiography to watch a partial eclipse of the sun at the Vatican on March 20, 2015 in Rome. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLAROANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 539026870

TONYPANDY, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 20: A rare partial solar eclipse is seen over Tonypandy in South Wales on March 20, 2015 in Tonypandy, Wales, United Kingdom. The solar eclipse, which occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, started at 08:24 GMT and continues until 10:41 GMT, with the maximum obscuration of the Sun happening at 09:31 GMT. The last significant solar eclipse visible from the UK was on 11 August, 1999. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 543626161 ORIG FILE ID: 467008690

People use protective glasses on their dog during a partial solar eclipse at the Pier Head in Liverpool, north-west England, on March 20, 2015. AFP PHOTO / PAUL ELLISPAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 539026752

epaselect epa04670907 The total solar eclipse at Svalbard, Norway, 20 March 2015. A Partial Solar Eclipse is seen in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern and western Africa on 20 March 2015, with the eclipse starting at 07:41 UTC and ending at 11:50 UTC. EPA/OLAV JON NESVOLD NORWAY OUT ORG XMIT: SVT04

A partial solar eclipse as seen in Zurich on 20 March.