Many living in Southampton had to get creative to view the partial solar eclipse this morning. 

The celestial event saw the sun obscured by the moon by as much as 47 per cent in parts of the UK today, while it was at its maximum extent in the south coast city just after 11am.

Looking directly at the sun during an eclipse is extremely dangerous, and Rowan Dayton-Oxland and Kate Barton were two of many waiting for it at Mayflower Park this morning.

They said that they were "experimenting" with different ways to try and see the effects of the phenomenon. 

"It’s one of the few times where you can feel like you are in a place in the solar system," Kate said.

"It's actually evidence that stuff is happening around you."

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Rowan said that she was "not an eclipse hunter", but "if there is one", she will always go outside to look, even if she is "often unsuccessful".

The duo were using a colander to project the effects of the event onto a piece of paper.

Lee Churchill took a photo of the eclipse through a welding mask.Lee Churchill took a photo of the eclipse through a welding mask. (Image: Lee Churchill) Each hole in the colander projects an inverted image of the sun, acting as a pinhole camera, which would then be visible on a white surface.

There are still dangers to using a colander however and it should not be used to look directly into the sun.

Daily Echo Camera Club member Lee Churchill also managed to get a good shot of the eclipse, taking photos through a welding mask so that he "didn't fry the sensor" on his camera.