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Slideshow: Solar eclipse 2011

If you couldn’t drag yourself out of bed this morning to stare at the sky, don’t worry – here are the best pics of the solar eclipse.

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ALTHOUGH WE ARE just four days into 2011, the biggest astronomical event of the year is already over.

Today was your last chance to see a solar eclipse for the next four years. The partial eclipse was visible from Ireland until around 9.20am this morning; at its peak the moon covered 40 per cent of the sun’s surface.

If you missed it, don’t fret – we’ve collected some of the best photographs from across the globe.

And if that’s not enough, clear your calendar for March 2015 – when the next eclipse is due.

Slideshow: Solar eclipse 2011
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  • Solar eclipse, Ireland

    Greystones, Wicklow, 4 Jan 2011. Image: Siobhan Venables

  • Solar eclipse, Palestine

    A view of a partial solar eclipse as seen from Gaza city, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

  • Solar eclipse, Russia

    The moon passes in front of the sun, during a partial solar eclipse as snow-covered crosses and domes of St. Bazil's Cathedral are seen in Moscow on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

  • Solar eclipse, Bosnia

    A partial solar eclipse is seen through clouds and snow flurries near Sarajevo, Bosnia , on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

  • Solar eclipse, Jordan

    A Jordanian man uses his hand to show a reflected image of the partial solar eclipse, in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011. A partial solar eclipse began Tuesday in the skies over the Mideast and will extend across much of Europe. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)

  • Solar eclipse, Macedonia

    A partial solar eclipse is seen through clouds and snow flurries on Vodno Mountain near Skopje, Macedonia, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

  • Solar eclipse, Czech Republic

    An unidentified employee of the Stefanik Observatory in Prague uses a projection shield to show the partial solar eclipse visible in the Czech capital during the morning on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The partial Sun eclipse started over the Czech Republic at about 08:00 CET and it will last until 10:50. In the culminating phase, up to 80 percent of the solar disc was obscured by the silhouette of the Moon passing between it and the Earth. (AP Photo/CTK, Michal Kamaryt)
  • Greystones, Wicklow, 4 Jan 2011. Image: Siobhan Venables
  • A view of a partial solar eclipse as seen from Gaza city, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
  • The moon passes in front of the sun, during a partial solar eclipse as snow-covered crosses and domes of St. Bazil's Cathedral are seen in Moscow on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
  • A partial solar eclipse is seen through clouds and snow flurries near Sarajevo, Bosnia , on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
  • A Jordanian man uses his hand to show a reflected image of the partial solar eclipse, in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011. A partial solar eclipse began Tuesday in the skies over the Mideast and will extend across much of Europe. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)
  • A partial solar eclipse is seen through clouds and snow flurries on Vodno Mountain near Skopje, Macedonia, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
  • An unidentified employee of the Stefanik Observatory in Prague uses a projection shield to show the partial solar eclipse visible in the Czech capital during the morning on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. The partial Sun eclipse started over the Czech Republic at about 08:00 CET and it will last until 10:50. In the culminating phase, up to 80 percent of the solar disc was obscured by the silhouette of the Moon passing between it and the Earth. (AP Photo/CTK, Michal Kamaryt)

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