Solar eclipse to plunge Britain into darkness - March 20th

Westyfield2 · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:57

And a slightly earlier one

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

(Taken from my garden in Bath)

eggyoke · 20 Mar 2015 at 10:59

Great shots Westy

Cosimo · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:04

Westyfield2 said:
And a slightly earlier one .

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:cool:

You should post your shots in [url=http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18658274]here[/url]. :)

arc@css · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:04

Have I missed it?

dbmzk1 · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:09

Best I could do really, such a shame about the cloud

Cosimo · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:10

arc@css said:
Have I missed it?

Here you go...

topgun06 · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:16

Even with the clouds, some of those pics are excellent.

I observed through a welding mask. Was 95% clear here

Housey · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:17

SDK^ said:
Dark photos - really?
A partial eclipse is similar to a cloudy day - I don't remember photographing cloudy weddings and getting dark photos

Like today, darker than normal, dingy probably better describes it.

DJMK4 · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:27

Seen one taken from the ISS, looks pretty neat

IceShock · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:32

best ones I got

Unfortunately once the moon was covering a lot it went cloudy so couldn't see it through the telescope, but could see it perfectly through cloud with ya normal eyes as it wasn't bright.

Solar glasses and lenses worked perfect until cloud cover started, but the clouds only arrived at about 50% eclipse, there after was cloudy, but still got amazing views.

Went really windy all of a sudden as temperature dropped, then freezing cold could see your breath, it went really dark one or two street lights came on.

and silent, jesus was it silent wasn't a single noise at all

do_ron_ron · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:40

The smiley was quite good. Sorry no pic.

Combat squirrel · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:41

I just got this!

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haaammit · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:43

A lucky break in the clouds meant I could grab a few pics

PermaBanned · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:56

I have no idea how this picture worked. Like, how is there a mini eclipse in the bottom right? And why is it upside down?

Glaucus · 20 Mar 2015 at 11:57

dbmzk1 said:
Best I could do really, such a shame about the cloud

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Bes could do, that is epic. Couldn't have asked for a better cloud formation.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 20 Mar 2015 at 12:21

Hardly a cloud in the sky, except the big one right in front of the sun.

Lightnix · 20 Mar 2015 at 12:24

http://imgur.com/qgCQmVs

trickycurve · 20 Mar 2015 at 12:37

Was a bit rubbish in Surrey this morning. It got a bit dingier but not dark by any stretch of the imagination. I was hoping, at least, that it would get dark due to the cloud cover, so I guess ~87% obscurity is only enough to replicate the levels of light seen shortly after a setting sun.

My girlfriend's family live in Seattle so we could just marry up our yearly trip to coincide with the eclipse.

Yaayuh! · 20 Mar 2015 at 12:37

From a Redditor

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2zon0z/i_just_took_this_lucky_photo_of_the_solar_eclipse/

pastymuncher · 20 Mar 2015 at 13:02

As I correctly predicted last month it was cloudy here. It was actually raining. Everytime something interesting is going on in the sky it's cloudy and this week has been no exception. Monday night was excellent conditions for the Northern Lights and it was cloudy. The local news the next day then made things worse by showing nice pictures of the Northern Lights.