Children's character Peppa Pig has travelled into outer space to commemorate a major solar eclipse in the UK. The moon is set to obscure over 90 per cent of the Sun between 6:17pm and 8:06pm on Wednesday.
To mark the celestial event, the character embarked on a high-altitude mission, rising beyond 100,000 feet to drift just above Earth's atmosphere. Footage of the flight, captured in 4K resolution, was presented at the NEC Birmingham’s Lakeside Cinema.
The animation, produced as a bespoke addition to the Peppa Pig Space Adventure experience at the NEC, depicts her trip into space. Peppa reportedly saw the NEC and other Birmingham landmarks from her vantage point before returning safely to Earth.