i've got an app here called sky guide. it works on android. i will hold it up and you can see the sun and the moon. if i freeze it i can zoom in on it. so we can get a partial eclipse of the sun. that is almost -- >> how much do you think we've got left? >> a few more minutes. notice how dark it is in the sky. >> the moment came and it went. the light did fade slightly but for many here it was a bit anticlimatic. >> reporter: for many of the students come here expecting to see a solar eclipse, it just hasn't happened. they have turned out with those glasses. they're putting them on. let's have a look. how do you put them on? what do you see? >> nothing. >> reporter: there it is they're seeing nothing. still, it's the experience. else where in europe the celesteulate moment lived up to the hype. in the far north, people don't