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Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Enthusiastic Contrafibularities:
Originally Posted by Kaffs:

Oh well.. that's it past it's darkest..    didn't get as dark as I thought it might tbh..but still got the eeriness about it and distinctly chilly.

 

 

 

No. even when we had max coverage for our position it was a bit like we were about to get a snow storm.

 

What amazes me is that despite most of the sun being obscured it is still very light, just shows how powerful it is.

 

 

closest way to describe it - was a funny light, I kind of 'dirty' light I thought

Yes, it was a weird kind of light.  Eerie.

 

Here's a few rubbish wobbly handed pics I took with my phone using my eclipse specs to cover the lens.

 

 

Cinds
Originally Posted by Cinds:

Unbelievable Kaffs, it's not like nobody mentioned it's dangerous to look directly at the sun. 

 

I imagine the BNP were up in arms 'bloody moon, coming over here stealing our sun'.

   someone's posted on my FB  'Imagine having the eclipse during working hours - bloody council can't organise anything'

Kaffs

we took the dogs upto barr beacon

Image result for barr beacon

really high up there

when we got there it was packed

packed full of beardies with telescopes

even the police were there!

 

lisa stood with a bloke with a HUGE telescope (make your own puns)

i took the dogs for a walk

when it hit it wasnt that dark but really noticeable..and its a bit spooky up there at the best of times

 

pirate1111

I looked straight at it. .didn't mean to. . had forgotten it was happening and just thought it was a cloudy morning then got a reminder about it so went to look for the sun.. sky was completely covered with cloud and I had no idea where the sun was in the sky and suddenly a less thick cloud came over and I could see the eclipse through it with only a teeny bit of the edge of the sun showing..  so it flashed at me for a short time and then was gone again as thicker cloud came over again.. my eyes seem ok and twas a lot less bright than the light they shine right in my eyes when I have my retinal scans ..

 

Actually got a scan next month so if I accidentally damaged my eyes by looking straight at the eclipse I'll find out then I suppose

 

Mount Olympus *Olly*
Last edited by Mount Olympus *Olly*
Originally Posted by Mount Olympus *Olly*:

I looked straight at it. .didn't mean to. . had forgotten it was happening and just thought it was a cloudy morning then got a reminder about it so went to look for the sun.. sky was completely covered with cloud and I had no idea where the sun was in the sky and suddenly a less thick cloud came over and I could see the eclipse through it with only a teeny bit of the edge of the sun showing..  so it flashed at me for a short time and then was gone again as thicker cloud came over again.. my eyes seem ok and twas a lot less bright than the light they shine right in my eyes when I have my retinal scans ..

 

Actually got a scan next month so if I accidentally damaged my eyes by looking straight at the eclipse I'll find out then I suppose

 

I DARE you to say you were staring at the eclipse and want them to check your eyes.

When they're done ask,

"Have you seen that movie?"

 

Saint
Originally Posted by Kaffs:

they're great Cinds - I wish I'd had the specs.   We were out on the fire escape with 2 sheets of A4 with a pinhole in one, like a primary 1 class...  

 

Amazed at the amount of nutters in the car park screwing up their eyes and looking at the sky though...

I was late into work this morning and saw it at home, but one of my colleagues who's seriously into astronomy set up a pinhole display in the works car park.

However; another colleague was telling me that most of the people milling around in the car park were looking direct at the sun! Most of them have degrees in science or engineering too - utter madness!

Eugene's Lair

I tried the "pinhole and paper" routine, but I've never been able to get it to work too well and I hadn't left myself a lot of time to experiment. In the end I resorted to the method I used at the last partial (for me) eclipse: I dug out my table mirror (by luck, one of those rotating ones with a magnifying mirror on one side), taped paper over it leaving a space big enough for the sun's image and projected it onto the garden wall - it was really effective!

Eugene's Lair
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

Yay. They've finally shown it, but a rather truncated version.

They've just been explaining on "Stargazing Live" that their plane flying above the Faroes lost communications contact at the crucial moment! They still got the footage, though, and it looked amazing!

Not the footage from the plane Eugene, it was the footage from the ground I was meaning.

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

Yay. They've finally shown it, but a rather truncated version.

They've just been explaining on "Stargazing Live" that their plane flying above the Faroes lost communications contact at the crucial moment! They still got the footage, though, and it looked amazing!

Not the footage from the plane Eugene, it was the footage from the ground I was meaning.

Ah right - sorry. I'm desperately trying to catch up this evening!

Eugene's Lair
Originally Posted by Rawky-Roo:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:

Rawky looks so underwhelmed in that photo  He's doing a RL one of these: 

I can't even see my face in that photo. Is this another "dress colour" thing?

No I can see you - you're bearded + look miserable + like you just fell out of bed - is that an accurate description ? 

FM
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Rawky-Roo:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:

Rawky looks so underwhelmed in that photo  He's doing a RL one of these: 

I can't even see my face in that photo. Is this another "dress colour" thing?

No I can see you - you're bearded + look miserable + like you just fell out of bed - is that an accurate description ? 

Pretty much 

Rawky-Roo
Originally Posted by Rawky-Roo:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Rawky-Roo:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:

Rawky looks so underwhelmed in that photo  He's doing a RL one of these: 

I can't even see my face in that photo. Is this another "dress colour" thing?

No I can see you - you're bearded + look miserable + like you just fell out of bed - is that an accurate description ? 

Pretty much 

 ROFL

FM

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