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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Steven Morris Cornwall

‘A magical eeriness’: Cornwall comes together for communal moment during solar eclipse

People wear eclipse glasses looking up at the sky in Sennen
Cornwall was one of the best places in the UK to view the solar eclipse. Photograph: Luke Gartside/The Guardian

At 6pm the beach and village began to empty, and those in the know headed up the hill towards the old granite coastguard station on the headland.

“This is the best spot,” said Sennen Cove resident Lisa Redfern, who had built a pinhole camera for the eclipse out of an old Ryvita Thins box.

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