These are the best pictures of the total solar eclipse from London, Glasgow, Shropshire, Liverpool, Germany and Madeira Island
The first images of the solar eclipse show the natural phenomenon at its best – and how some commercially-minded people are making the most of things.

And so it begins (Source: Getty)
Dove upstages Moon (Source: Getty)
Getting ready in Galloway, Scotland (Source: Getty)
Solar eclipse themed lunch? (Source: Getty)
Enterprising types in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Source: Getty)
The eclipse in London (Source: Getty)

The eclipse in London (Source: Getty)
Madeira Island (Source: Getty)
Schoolchildren in Greenwich (Source: Getty)
Madeira Island (Source: Getty)
People watch the eclipse in Germany (Source; Getty)
Dogs need eye protection too (Source: Getty)
Awestruck in Kosovo (Source: Getty)
The eclipse in London (Source: Getty)
Innovative ways to look at the sun in Germany… (Source: Getty)
…and in Austria (Source: Getty)
Amazed in Israel (Source: Getty)
Pure joy in Kosovo (Source: Getty)
Photobombing in Austria (Source: Getty)