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Title: Eclipse
Post by: Ian Y on March 20, 2015, 08:54:35 AM
Here are a few pictures of the Eclipse from our garden.
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Post by: Ian Y on March 20, 2015, 08:58:56 AM
It is getting lighter again now here is the peak of the passing of the moon.
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Post by: Hoy on March 20, 2015, 09:02:50 AM
Look here:

http://www.nrk.no/troms/direkte-fra-kl.-10_-se-solformorkelsen-1.12269242 (http://www.nrk.no/troms/direkte-fra-kl.-10_-se-solformorkelsen-1.12269242)
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Post by: Ian Y on March 20, 2015, 09:03:13 AM
Two more showing multiple reflections of the eclipse in one of our stained glass panels,- just shifting the focus.
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Post by: Matt T on March 20, 2015, 09:08:02 AM
Love the effect of the eclipse through the stained glass, Ian. And the stained glass effect in the clouds in pic #3.

Light cloud cover here too, which allowed for a few shots even though we're told not to  :-X

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Post by: Tim Ingram on March 20, 2015, 09:19:33 AM
Nothing here at all - just cloud and a very dull morning :(. My daughter wanted to see this half-way up the country in Hull but I think will have been clouded over. Great to see these pictures; will tell her to look at them.
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Post by: Diane Clement on March 20, 2015, 09:31:07 AM
Very bright and clear here, so we did the advised thing and projected them onto a screen with backwards binoculars, hence the upside down view.  The last picture is looking directly at the sun with polaroid glasses on the camera, at maximum eclipse point - still far too bright.
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Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on March 20, 2015, 09:36:19 AM
My part of Belgium was under a layer of clouds and fog this morning... no eclipse here  :'( :'( :'(

Thanks for showing us some images everybody !
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Post by: Ian Y on March 20, 2015, 09:38:06 AM
Great pictures Matt and Diane - showing views of the eclipse from around the country.
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Post by: Maggi Young on March 20, 2015, 09:42:01 AM
I thought the clouds would ruin our chances of seeing the solar eclipse but in fact it worked to our advantage as it veiled the main glare so just pointing the camera in the right direction worked!

When the light did break through more I watched the  reflection on a painting indoors - quite effective, though back to front of course.
What was most beautiful was the marbled swirling colours in the clouds' haze at various points, which were multicoloured, like a beautfiul opal gemstone. What a lovely experience it has been.
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Post by: mark smyth on March 20, 2015, 10:26:05 AM
What amazes me is how we see different shapes of the eclipse
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Post by: Hoy on March 20, 2015, 12:01:25 PM
Didn't see anything at home - just a little dimmer. Rain and cloudy.

But here on Svalbard you can wiew it in replay:

http://www.nrk.no/troms/relive-the-solar-eclipse-1.12270803 (http://www.nrk.no/troms/relive-the-solar-eclipse-1.12270803)
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Post by: Martinr on March 20, 2015, 12:27:09 PM
Some pictures from Derby in the East Midlands this morning. Started off with clear blue sky but as the eclipse reached its peak the cloud gradually rolled in allowing some direct pictures before it got so thick you couldn't see anything. Clearly Diane and I get our designs from the same place!
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Post by: Martinr on March 20, 2015, 12:27:44 PM
And the last picture
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Post by: TC on March 20, 2015, 05:59:33 PM
To be honest, I thought it was a non event.  I was at the computer at about 0930 but did not notice it particularly dark.  The sun's disc could be seen through the clouds and I could just make out the moon's shadow.  As to the strength of the light, it just seemed as if a dark cloud had passed over the sun....in other words a typical west coast day !!
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Post by: ian mcdonald on March 20, 2015, 06:12:18 PM
When I first saw the eclipse it was a near perfect circle. By the time I had the camera the shutter would not release and the moon had moved. I remember an eclipse during the 1950s when we were given dark pieces of cellophane to look through at school. Img 4615.
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Post by: annew on March 20, 2015, 07:13:28 PM
We were lucky enough to have thin cloud as well. The frogs in the pond gave a great croaking during the darkest part. What surprised me, considering that so much of the sun was obscured, it wasn't darker.
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Post by: ian mcdonald on March 21, 2015, 09:40:55 AM
What puzzled me and I did not think about it at the time was, why was the moon going from west to east? :D  It,s the first day of spring.
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Post by: David Nicholson on March 21, 2015, 10:20:41 AM
Exactly the same here Tom but local TV had good pictures from Plymouth which is only 14 miles away.
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Post by: Hoy on March 21, 2015, 10:30:21 AM
What puzzled me and I did not think about it at the time was, why was the moon going from west to east? :D  It,s the first day of spring.

Seen from Earth the Sun has greater speed than the Moon on the sky.

Therefore is the New Moon always to the left (behind) the Sun and the old Moon to the right (in front of) the Sun on the northern hemisphere.
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Post by: mark smyth on March 21, 2015, 11:13:26 AM
What surprised me, considering that so much of the sun was obscured, it wasn't darker.

I thought the same. People saying birds were going to roost was rubbish. They were feeding in my garden as if nothing had happened
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Post by: Ian Y on March 21, 2015, 02:31:20 PM
It certainly got darker here it was very noticible even with the lower light levels due to the cloud cover - but being further North more of the sun was covered.
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