Today marked the first solar eclipse of 2021, with an incredible annular “ring of fire” natural phenomenon.
These are some pictures of the eclipse as seen across the UK.
![A partial solar eclipse is seen through cloud cover from Primrose Hill in central London on June 10, 2021](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNjNDIwMzNkLTQyZTQtNDQzZi04ODVhLWUwMGYxZmQ4Y2RhMzo3NDE2OWU5Mi1mOWMwLTRjYmUtYTIyNi1hZDAyNTZlNzBlYzQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Partial solar eclipse
A partial solar eclipse is seen through cloud cover from Primrose Hill in central London on June 10, 2021 Photo: Getty Images/NIKLAS HALLE'N
![In other parts of the Northern Hemisphere, the annular eclipse would have been visible as a thin outer ring of the sun's disk that is not completely covered by the smaller dark disk of the moon, a so-called "ring of fire"](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJkZjY3YjNiLWM4NjAtNDcwMS1iYzY1LWVjM2E1N2RiY2I1MDozMmE5Y2M5NC02MGQ4LTRiMjctYjA0Yy0zOTZjNDcwMzMyNjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. Eclipse seen over the Houses of Parliament
In other parts of the Northern Hemisphere, the annular eclipse would have been visible as a thin outer ring of the sun's disk that is not completely covered by the smaller dark disk of the moon, a so-called "ring of fire" Photo: Getty Images/Dan Kitwood
![Viewers in the UK were able to witness the partial solar eclipse this morning with around a fifth of the Sun's light blocked (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjNhOWQ4MDQ5LWJjZjAtNDM4Yy04NDVhLTMwODQzZmVjMGQ4MzozMmFhMGY2OS04MDU1LTQ1MjUtYTNhOS1kMWU4Mjk5YWVmMWI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. First eclipse of 2021
Viewers in the UK were able to witness the partial solar eclipse this morning with around a fifth of the Sun's light blocked (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images) Photo: Getty Images/Chris J Ratcliffe
![According to NASA, the next solar eclipse won't occur until 4 December 2021](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk3OTI3ZWI5LWZkYTMtNDFhMi04YWI4LWVkMTNhOTIwNTdlYTpiNTYyNTBkMS04ZTk3LTQ2MGQtYjk2NC1mMTc0YzhkZTFhNDQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. Annular eclipse
According to NASA, the next solar eclipse won't occur until 4 December 2021 Photo: Getty Images/Chris J Ratcliffe
![A pictures of the partial solar eclipse as seen from Milton Keynes](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ1MDE5OTY3LTAzNWYtNGE5NC05NjVlLTkyNGIyNTA0YWMzMzpmY2NmZTJlMy1hZGFmLTQ2YTAtYTUwZi0xMDdmNzU3MTJmMTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=744)
5. View from Milton Keynes
A pictures of the partial solar eclipse as seen from Milton Keynes Photo: PA/Robert Simpson
![First contact of the eclipse occurred at 10:08am, peaked at 11:13am and ended at 12:22pm](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ5NGUzMTliLWY0M2ItNDNhYi04MjQ1LWYxMmIwN2U3ODJjNTo0YTE0ZjE1Ni1jNTBiLTRkMWItOGY1My1kZWVjNDJjNWYzMGQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
6. Seen around the world
First contact of the eclipse occurred at 10:08am, peaked at 11:13am and ended at 12:22pm Photo: PA