2015 Solar Eclipse

[Aviador]

Have anybody got plans to see the eclipse tomorrow? To see the full solar eclipse you'll need to be in the Faroe Islands but many areas of Europe will see a partial eclipse, with the far North of Scotland having up to a 98% eclipse.

The animation shows it in more detail. The peak of the eclipse is expect around 09:30 to 09:35.

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[Ray Finkle]

We had some light cloud cover early on so with sunglasses I was able to see the sun when about half covered. The cloud soon moved on though so couldn't look at it after that. Mrs Finkle ordered some special material and her class all made glasses suitable to view the whole thing with, sadly she didn't bring one home for me :diablo:

 

[Aviador]

I worked nights last night so I decided to set the alarm for 09:25 rather than stay up to watch it happening. The sun wasn't in view because of cloud cover but you could tell it was much darker than it would be normally with cloud cover. I could hear a blackbird doing a dusk chorus which made the event seem quite eerie. Mrs Aviador said the birds were going crazy over the bird feeder in the garden at about 09:15 before they all disappeared just before 09:30. She said it was if they thought they'd not eaten enough before dusk.

 

[lysander]

I managed to catch it inbetween the clouds. Didn't hear any birds, indeed anything that was remotely concerned....mind you I wasn't wearing the hearing aid!. 😉

 

[garjen]

I was not able to see it personally, because our club meeting fell on the same time when it happened. Anyway, I can just search the interwebs for news regarding the eclipse. 😆







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[Aviador]

It's the safest way to view an eclipse anyway. All media circles were warning people not to look directly at the sun. I wonder how many people damaged their eyesight that day?

 

[garjen]

Seems like there'll be an upcoming solar eclipse sometime this year, around September, I think? It'll be visible from the Antarctic and some parts of Africa.


//gary
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