BBC News website readers sent in their pictures of the solar eclipse. Taken from the UN House at Abuja, Nigeria. Photo: Anthony Omata.

The eclipse taken from Greenwood School, Swindon, in the UK. Photo: Steve Embling

Taras Young: "Here's my flatmate Martin Ball standing in front of a hastily assembled eclipse viewing station here in Edinburgh, half an hour into the eclipse."

The eclipse in Waltham Abbey, Essex, UK, taken with a Fujifilm S5500. Photo: Gary Brownjohn

Image captured with a Minolta Dimage 7 using a tasco x375 telescope, in Somerset, UK. Photo: Seamus Hogan.

Steve Deighton: "Hansatech scientists take a picture of the solar eclipse in Poole, Dorset, UK."

Amanda Price, from South Croydon, UK: "I took this during a break from revision."

Jos Verbeek: "The eclipse as seen in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. A bird flew before the sun, that gives a nice effect."

Nathan Morley: "Taken with my Kodak at Konnos Bay, south East Cyprus."

The eclipse as seen in Ghana where residents of the capital Accra filled the streets to view the event. Photo: Joe Clottey