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Partial eclipse of the sun composite
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Partial Solar Eclipse over Glasgow. The picture was constructed by taking a photo of the Sun through a solar filter every few minutes as the cloud cleared, then superimposing them on a background in Photoshop.
08 November 2022
Broughty Ferry Castle
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Tayside and Dundee
Partial Solar Eclipse over Broughty Castle, Broughty Ferry, Firth of Tay. The picture was constructed by taking a photo of the sun every 10 minutes through a solar filter, then superimposing 16 of them in approximately the position observed on the background photo of Broughty Castle, from where the eclipse was viewed. The next solar eclipse in the UK occurs on 10 June 2021, beginning at 10.08am and ending at 12.22pm. It will reach its 'maximum' – the moment when the greatest amount of Sun is hidden – at 11.13am. In Scotland, about 32% of the sun will be obscured.
20 March 2015
Solar PV panels, Oakwood
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Stirlingshire - Killearn and Balfron
Solar PV panels located above Oakwood garden centre near Killearn, Stirlingshire.
30 March 2024
Lunar eclipse of 28 September 2015 from Millport
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Firth of Clyde - Millport
Lunar eclipse of 28 September 2015 from Millport harbour, Great Cumbrae
28 September 2015
Housing estate in Fairlie with solar PV panels
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
Solar PV panels on the roofs on a new housing estate in Fairlie, with Largs marina in the background, taken by David Palmar
08 February 2020
Puffins on Craigleith, Firth of Forth
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Firth of Forth - Craigleith
Puffins (Fratercula arctica) on Craigleith, Firth of Forth, showing the Scottish Seabird Centre's solar powered camera which can be operated remotely by visitors to the centre in North Berwick, and on the web. Picture taken by Claudia Caporusso.
29 June 2019
House in Glasgow with solar panels in the snow
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Glasgow - Buildings and Scenery
House in Glasgow with solar panels, not generating any energy that day because they are covered in snow. This illustrates that the generation of renewable energy is at the mercy of weather conditions.
17 January 2016
Solar thermal panel, Eigg
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Eigg - Kildonnan
A solar thermal panel on this building at Kildonnan provides hot water when the sun shines and are a useful adjunct to the Eigg electricity grid. This house has even restored its old water wheel.
01 September 2016
Solar PV panels, Eigg
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Eigg - Galmisdale and the Sgurr
3 successive phases solar PV panels now amount to 50kW of solar generation capacity above Galmisdale, Eigg
