NewsgallerySolar eclipseBookmarkShareNewsByLauren Ballinger12:12, 2 MAR 2015Updated17:10, 19 MAR 2015A total solar eclipse.1 of 17A solar eclipse viewed from RAF Hercules.2 of 17Brian Cox will be at Jodrell Bank, Manchester, for this year's eclipse.3 of 17Smoked glass visors in use during the 1927 total solar eclipse.4 of 17How the Daily Mirror covered the 1999 eclipse.5 of 17A dog pictured with sunglasses to protect him from the solar eclipse of 1999.6 of 17Builders with their special glasses down tools in Liverpool to watch the solar eclipse in 1999.7 of 17A young girl views the solar eclipse in Chester city centre in 1999.8 of 17Late astronomer sir Patrick Moore demonstrating how to watch the eclipse in July 1999 - by projecting the sun's image onto a piece of white paper.9 of 17Cornish farmer Iain Mackie protected his sheep's eyes with special eclipse glasses during 1999's event.10 of 17Krystal Edge, 12, watches the 1999 Eclipse in the West Midlands with her Yorkshire Terrier, Jessica.11 of 17Eclipse viewers in Birmingham in 1999.12 of 17A young eclipse gazer watches the spectacle through a piece of smoked glass in Birmingham in 1999.13 of 17Office workers in Liverpool setting up pin hole viewers to look at the total solar eclipse in 1999.14 of 17Office workers watch the 1999 solar eclipse in Liverpool through large negatives,15 of 17A man watches the solar eclipse through a home made viewer on Everton Brow in 1999.16 of 17A young boy watches the solar eclipse in Merseyside in 1999 via a small mirror reflected onto the base of a picnic cool box17 of 17