tatooandy67 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Got a reasonable view from brum through a welders mask, no pics though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I touched myself it was surreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Load of over hyped rubbish! We had a bit of a break in the clouds in NI at around the penultimate moment, it was still crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Anything short of totality is a bit of a waste of time IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350zedd Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Started off warm and sunny, then the temperature suddenly dropped The light was wierd and eerie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 It did suddenly become all very light as the sun peeped through, then a strange misty eerie haze. Everything went deadly quiet, no sound from the birds and its like everything stopped. Apparently it really freaks them out. The 99 one was much better though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdm owner Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Nothing bud cloud cover over in essex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Full Shola Eclipse here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yes it was cold in London too I was in Falmouth for the 1999 eclipse so this was probably always going to fail compared to that event where we sat on the beach and it went pitch black, all the gulls stopped making a noise and people started a few bonfires! I was on a beach in Dubai for the '99 eclipse... so today I stayed in bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Pretty good up here, just some thin clouds so had a great view. Pete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Brilliant sunshine in London now, bit late, saw nothing of the eclipse..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Just heard that my local school would not allow the pupils to go outside to watch the eclipse, they said it was against Health & Safety policy as the pupils COULD hurt their eyes.... FFS is was cloudy..!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Just heard that my local school would not allow the pupils to go outside to watch the eclipse, they said it was against Health & Safety policy as the pupils COULD hurt their eyes.... FFS is was cloudy..!!!! To be honest, if the school hasn't prepared for it, bought the correct glasses or arranged a pin hole camera setup and not informed the kids of the dangers they're probably right not to let them out. However, if a school passes up the opportunity to teach the kids during a solar eclipse I'd probably want my kids going to a different school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Just heard that my local school would not allow the pupils to go outside to watch the eclipse, they said it was against Health & Safety policy as the pupils COULD hurt their eyes.... FFS is was cloudy..!!!! If it was cloudy there wasn't much point going outside anyway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 it was 2am here . . so I was asleep . . not that we would have seen anything anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 If it was cloudy there wasn't much point going outside anyway Beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) The quality of light is very strange and rather beautiful but only one of us has a welding mask to look through and it's not me Well i didnt bother looking at the eclipse as i didnt think i had anything to look at it thru. Then when it was nearly over the wife says to me "why not use your welding mask". DOHHHHH!!!!!!! So run off and get the welding mask and can see the eclipse perfectly, albeit it was nearly finished by then. Oh well. Will have to remember to get the welding mask ready in 10 years time when the next eclipse happens. Edited March 21, 2015 by rabbitstew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Just heard that my local school would not allow the pupils to go outside to watch the eclipse, they said it was against Health & Safety policy as the pupils COULD hurt their eyes.... FFS is was cloudy..!!!! If it was cloudy there wasn't much point going outside anyway Yes but the school didn't know it was going to be cloudy when they sent the letter home to the parents to saw why the kids would not be allowed to watch the eclipse...!!! :scare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 That isn't quite what you inferred in your previous post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I was in the shower, it was a bit steamy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordSQra Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 ^^ Nice Damiian. I saw the Eclipse through a welding mask, ...I was spray painting some production parts in work at the time but stopped to see what all the fuss was about. Looked pretty good round here actually and not something you see every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 A bit of a non event here. Wouldn't have known anything different if it wasn't for all the pre event hype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Edited March 21, 2015 by gangzoom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 99 one was awesome, went out mid channel in a mates boat, just clear of the shipping lanes, there were loads of boats out. Pretty eerie when it went fully dark and so so quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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