People gathered across Wales on Wednesday evening to watch the most visible partial solar eclipse in UK skies for 27 years. More than 90% of the sun was obscured by the moon, the most it has been blocked above UK skies since the total eclipse in 1999.
Crowds at beauty spots
Beauty spots across Wales were packed with thousands hoping to catch the best possible view. Crowds congregated at Porthcawl's Rest Bay, Cardiff Bay Barrage, Bute Park, Swansea Beach, Caerphilly Mountain, Rhossili Bay, Clearwell Farm and elsewhere.
Malcolm Dougdale, who headed to Bute Park with his family, kept eclipse glasses from Techniquest in 1999 in his bedside table for 27 years. He said: "They were in my bedside table along with a load of other stuff. I looked this morning but I had to take everything out this afternoon to find them. They've been in there for 27 years."
Community spirit
In Cardiff Bay, people took turns to watch the phenomenon through physics student Will O'Grady's telescope. He reflected: "For two hours everyone gets together and does the same thing. I think is really quite nice. It doesn't matter whether or not you're really into it, whether you know anything about it, or whether you're a geek like me. That's what I love about things like this."
Gemma Stanish, who watched at Rest Bay, said there were non-stop queues of cars coming into the car park all evening despite it being full.
Best photos
Here are some of the best photos from across Wales, showing the eclipse at Clearwell Farm, Cardiff Bay, Rest Bay, and other locations.
