Hundreds of thousands of people across the UK stepped outside on Wednesday night to watch the largest partial eclipse in 27 years. Many gathered on hills and other locations to watch the sun largely disappear behind the moon, with some areas seeing more than a 90 per cent covering. Social media was flooded with requests from people trying to get their hands on special viewing equipment to watch the celestial phenomenon.
Mixed reactions on social media
However, not everyone seemed quite as enthusiastic. Amongst those who took to X, formerly Twitter, was Tony Blackburn OBE. He wrote: "I’m in North Devon and the eclipse was a disappointment, hardly went dark, nothing like the last one which was special, mind you the news channels still going on about how great it was. Not in the UK it wasn’t."
And it seems he was not the only one. @lynzr33: "I’ve been ill in bed since Saturday so was looking forward to the eclipse & what an absolute letdown it was. If I didn’t know there was one I’d never had noticed such was the lack of difference in the light. I expected more."
More disappointment from viewers
One user @daniel_defalco wrote: "Glad I’ll be dead when the next one happens. What a let-down. Hardly any difference." Another, @Siouxsiequ, said: "Seriously disappointed with the so called eclipse. Massive hype over nothing."
@xxoMarina said: "The eclipse was so underwhelming I thought it was gonna go dark outside lmao." @52Vinyl said "That eclipse. Bloody rubbish. Barely went dark and sun always too strong for any discernible change."
