Solar eclipse to plunge Britain into darkness - March 20th

John40 · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:16

Rather underwhelmed to be honest.

wildman · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:18

am somewhat disappointed. Was hoping for some mad eclipse like in the pitchblack film when the planet is plunged into darkness, but it was just like any other cloudy day in the south east

413x · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:24

I do plan to go somewhere and get a totality set of pics at some point in life

But they must have scenery otherwise as cool as it looks. Is same as all others

McBain · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:27

The cloud cover actually helped me get a good look at it from here.

Review: Got slightly more dark than it usually is around these parts. The end.

smr · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:31

Stunning.

Westyfield2 · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:32

Managed to catch a break in the clouds

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(Taken from my garden in Bath)

IceShock · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:39

Great shot Westfield what did you use to capture that? I used my phone and my telescope and also tried zooming in and using my glasses over my phone but didn't get as good pictures. I need a decent camera lol

Lycosa · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:40

Were I not watching the time I wouldn't have been able to tell if anything was going on here in sussex

Josh · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:41

Had 100% cloud cover where I am at work, didn't notice/see anything.

Westyfield2 · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:42

IceShock said:
Great shot Westfield what did you use to capture that? I used my phone and my telescope and also tried zooming in and using my glasses over my phone but didn't get as good pictures. I need a decent camera lol

Canon SLR with 300mm lens (handheld), and then cropped.

albert · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:44

Arthur C Clarke eat your heart out. Who needs expensive camera's when you've got a little point and click? ...... (Sony HX60V). Sunderland, sitting in my front room shooting through a gap in the clouds ....

Cosimo · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:45

Westyfield2 said:
Managed to catch a break in the clouds .

(Taken from my garden in Bath)

Nice one!

Raiden85 · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:46

Best I could get with my P&S (HX60V).

Didn't get dark at all, 1999 was a far better eclipse.

rickjames · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:47

The potential of seeing something so breathtaking only to be met with grey and miserable is a perfect analogy of London, really.

peige · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:49

It just got a bit colder. Dissapoint.

Skidder · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:52

Couldn't see anything from here. I remember the 1999 one quite well, that was spectac. Shame

eggyoke · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:55

I noticed it go colder and a bit dimmer, but I was expecting more to be honest.

I managed to grab something at least, damn clouds.

Kronos · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:57

I had everything set up and the sky was clear up until the moment and then thick dark clouds covered the sun and sky. What a disappointment.

To be honest I doubt whether I would have got a decent image anyway being new to this DSLR malarkey. Still a shame to have missed it though.

Edinburgh.