There is nothing more British than disappointment. And there were a lot of disappointed sky watchers today, as banks of thick cloud thwarted views of the partial eclipse across the country.
We asked our readers for their most underwhelming eclipse photos. Here is a selection of the most average.
We will remember this day all our lives.
Send us your most soul-sappingly underwhelming #eclipse2015 pictures. We'll stick the most average in a gallery pic.twitter.com/tAjZaxVUST
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) March 20, 2015
Southsea
@guardiannews #southsea #eclipse2015 pic.twitter.com/oxjWbqPdas
— M E B (@mrsmosieposie) March 20, 2015
London
@guardiannews here's mine, from the Baker St Irregulars / RAS event in Regent's Park. Pointing the right way, but...! pic.twitter.com/LkdRScRkNq
— Flash Bristow (@techiebabe) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews pic.twitter.com/kxFDjTx1FB
— Lukas Neve (@tracetheshape) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews Spectacular over Camden and the @GettyImagesNews office #eclipse2015 pic.twitter.com/oVI4qAXwIa
— Bette Lynch (@Bette68) March 20, 2015
That's about as much of an #eclipse I'm seeing..... #SolarEclipse #eclipse2015 #guttedastrophysicist pic.twitter.com/pZRitnzUTM
— sarah barker (@thebarkstar) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews pic.twitter.com/eg0ErYpDBE
— Ian Willey (@Ian_Willey) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews from the Barbican Centre pic.twitter.com/ZTtSX5lGDy
— Liz Sewell (@BelinaLiz) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews @salihughes pic.twitter.com/HvZQ8RcsOm
— a box full of owls (@howlieT) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews @ryb pic.twitter.com/26CmjedgZt
— Michael Hobson (@imhobson) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews Dalston eclipse pic.twitter.com/MQjIHZIdDH
— Edward Dick (@edwarddick) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews @jamesofwalsh Here you go, stunning #Eclipse over Trellick Tower, West London pic.twitter.com/4jA6UMOpOO
— Andrew Potter (@AndrewPotterNZ) March 20, 2015
The Olympic Park, Stratford
@guardiannews The hopes and dreams of a nation were realised here in 2012, seems to accurately portray the mood today pic.twitter.com/1vunIxV8dn
— Alexander McNamara (@AlBingUKEditor) March 20, 2015
Glasgow
@guardiannews I call these "Glasgow Clouds A" and "Cloudy Glasgow 2.0" pic.twitter.com/DfY5iPu4Lr
— Will Millinship (@willmill82) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews pic.twitter.com/C58GLDCJ66
— Lady Biscuit of Erse (@biscuit_ersed) March 20, 2015
Redhill
@guardiannews #Redhill pic.twitter.com/40IF7MG6TU
— Me on the hill (@cbradbee) March 20, 2015
Chester
@guardiannews Sadly this was my best effort: pic.twitter.com/jH5wDm78Zw
— DizzyJB (@DizzyJB) March 20, 2015
Mull
@guardiannews disappointed from Mull pic.twitter.com/IzmHyyQxMp
— Debby Thorne (@wildfreckle) March 20, 2015
Brighton
@guardiannews full eclipse in Brighton pic.twitter.com/E9EtopzIQl
— defsmith (@defsmith) March 20, 2015
@guardiannews pic.twitter.com/g4Lxi7fohZ
— Neil (@neilhawkins) March 20, 2015
The #eclipse Partying with Prince, Will Smith, Cream eggs, Having an undercut, Tamagotchi's, are all #BetterInThe90s pic.twitter.com/nDFsgUpSMx
— Mark Robbins (@M_J_Robbins) March 20, 2015
Southampton
May as well be posting pics from 1999. #ukeclipse pic.twitter.com/RYBPiqBY68
— lookingspiffy (@lookingspiffy) March 20, 2015
Lancaster
@guardiannews #soulsapped in #Lancaster #eclipse pic.twitter.com/5tloD5lXRT
— frazerpricelimited (@frazerpp) March 20, 2015
Further afield...
Dublin
@guardiannews I know, spectacular in Dublin..... pic.twitter.com/e4eKi61BgQ
— Niamh Shaw (@niamhiepoos) March 20, 2015
South of France
@guardiannews a photo from my terrace in the south of France pic.twitter.com/jtNJSYEg2S
— Kate Teasmaid (@RubyJubilee) March 20, 2015
Sweden
@guardiannews at the height of the eclipse in Uppsala, Sweden pic.twitter.com/hWuldSdqMB
— Helen E Jones (@helen_e_jones) March 20, 2015
Germany
@guardiannews Cologne 10:45. Climax of #SolarEclipse. I was not impressed. Nor was the guy with the time lapse camera pic.twitter.com/uJznjOsxa0
— Jens Scholz (@jensscholz) March 20, 2015
Other parts of the country were much more fortunate. Head over to our live blog for less dispiriting photos of this magnificent event.
