Spring Equinox Supermoon solar eclipse

The moon can be seen passing in front of a flaming sun on May 20 2012 in the taken 240 miles above the earth by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

The SDO was launched in 2010 and maintains normally uninterrupted surveillance of the sun.

The observatory is part of NASA's Living With a Star (LWS) programme with the goal of better developing our understanding the influence of the Sun on the Earth.

A solar eclipse will be visible from Britain on the morning of March 20, and is due to be seen from across Europe for approximately 90 minutes.

In London it will begin at 8.45am, hitting its peak at 9.31am.

(mirror.co.uk)