The overcast sky is stifling.
The overcast sky creates beautiful silvery reflections in water.
Among clear air, cloudy sky and overcast sky, the maximum of reflective ratio within visible and near infrared tunnels appears in overcast sky.
But thick clouds and an overcast sky obscured the view at the Indian village of Taregna, "epicentre" of the eclipse, says our correspondent in the area.
Amid chanting of Hindu hymns, men, women and children waded into the river with folded hands and prayed to the sun as it emerged in an overcast sky.
Above is a still from video taken last October and uploaded onto YouTube of a giant halo in an overcast sky over Moscow.
Tens of thousands more congregated in "fan zones" around the British capital to watch the festivities on big screens, their enthusiasm hardly diminished by overcast sky and sporadic showers.