Did you see it? Best photos as North Yorkshire is dazzled by rare solar eclipse

Dave Allison took this image of the eclipse using a filter

DID you see the solar eclipse last night?

People gathered outside, or peered out of their windows, to catch the unforgettable moment the moon moved in front of the sun shortly after 7pm.

In York city centre, crowds gathered in open spaces on the bridges across the River Ouse and around Clifford's Tower to get the best view of the rare phenomena.

York photographer Kieran Delaney used a drone to capture the experience, which you can watch below...

More than 90 per cent of the sun was obscured by the moon, the most it has been blocked above UK skies since the total eclipse in 1999.

Press readers have been sharing their photos of the eclipse – either sending photos direct to our newsroom or posting them on our popular Facebook group, Press Camera Club.

Brooklyn Jackson posted this photo of Clifford's Tower in York as North Yorkshire gathered to watch the eclipse

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  The eclipsed sun casts crescent shadows through trees onto utility boxes in Alcuin Avenue - photo sent in by Kevin Dobbin

Following the eclipse, there was a 650 per cent increase in the number of people searching "sore eyes" on Google in the UK, compared to the same time on Tuesday.

It came after experts warned people only to view the spectacle with ISO 12312-2 solar eclipse glasses for the safest eye protection, as sunglasses would be insufficient.

Solar eclispe photo by Isaac Savage

In an added bonus for stargazers, the annual Perseid meteor shower reached its peak hours after the eclipse.

The shower is produced as Earth ploughs through a stream of dust left behind by Comet Swift–Tuttle.

Each tiny grain strikes Earth’s atmosphere at about 60 kilometres per second, burning up in a brief flash that takes the appearance of a shooting star.

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