--- title: Solar Eclipse Teases Skywatchers on Northern Islands description: A blanket of clouds blocked the full experience in the North Atlantic canonical: https://time.com/3752786/solar-eclipse-northern-islands/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-20T17:44:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:40:58.055Z article:section: Science og:title: Solar Eclipse Teases Skywatchers on Northern Islands og:description: A blanket of clouds blocked the full experience in the North Atlantic og:url: https://time.com/3752786/solar-eclipse-northern-islands/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c5e36a54f4a396b/6987848dcd6848a0d509a412/ap953655573903-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3063 og:image:height: 1723 og:image:alt: The total solar eclipse seen from Svalbard, Norway on March 20, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Solar Eclipse Teases Skywatchers on Northern Islands twitter:description: A blanket of clouds blocked the full experience in the North Atlantic twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c5e36a54f4a396b/6987848dcd6848a0d509a412/ap953655573903-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Solar Eclipse Teases Skywatchers on Northern Islands > Sponsored content. 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Haakon Mosvold Larsen—AP by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Mar 20, 2015 5:44 PM UTC LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — For the best view of the solar spectacle of the year, Svalbard eclipsed the Faroe Islands. Skywatchers in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard popped champagne corks, oohed and aahed as they witnessed a total solar eclipse Friday under perfect weather conditions. A clear sky over the Arctic islands offered a full view of the sun’s corona—a faint ring of rays surrounding the moon—that is only visible during a total eclipse. “I was just blown away. I couldn’t believe it,” said Hilary Castle, a 58-year-old visitor from London. 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Stoyan Nenov—Reuters  Partial Solar eclipse seen from Yorkshire, United Kingdom on March 20, 2015. Nigel Roddis—Rex USA  The moon passes between the sun and the earth after the totality phase of a total solar eclipse as from Torshavn, the capital of the Faeroe Islands on March 20, 2015. 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