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A rare treat above Bolton as partial solar eclipse wows crowds
People were out across Bolton to capture the rare celestial event, with ‘watch’ parties taking place across the borough.
Partial solar eclipse (Image: Amy Nolan-Podmore)
Those without specialist glasses found creative ways to observe the phenomenon, using colanders and homemade pinhole cameras. Others simply noticed the sudden dimming of the evening light as the Moon covered part of the Sun at its peak shortly after 7pm.
Partial solar eclipse (Image: Amy Nolan-Podmore)
Members of Bolton News Camera Club captured the once-in-a-generation event.
In an added bonus for stargazers, the annual Perseid meteor shower is set to reach its peak on the night of August 12-13, hours after the eclipse.
Partial eclipse (Image: Tracey McGrath.jpg)
The shower is produced as Earth ploughs through a stream of dust left behind by Comet Swift–Tuttle.
Each tiny grain strikes Earth’s atmosphere at about 60 kilometres per second, burning up in a brief flash that takes the appearance of a shooting star.
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