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Title: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Master Ray on March 19, 2015, 09:12:34 PM: .. anyone gonna bother with it?

I'm not working tomorrow, so I could get up early to see it... then again, its my day off so I might just sleep in and miss, ahem, it all going 'a bit dark'...

Anyone else got an opinion on it?
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: lotus on March 19, 2015, 09:25:43 PM: Where are my special glasses I used 2003 now?
Perhaps I`ll don`t need them, too much clouds tomorrow here ..
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Bunny on March 20, 2015, 12:31:34 PM: I slept through it. Fortunately when I awoke the world hadnt ended
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Tony S on March 20, 2015, 04:11:32 PM: It barely even went "a bit dark" in the Heathrow area. Total cloud cover, so saw nothing of the sun, but the percentage of the sun left unobscured by the moon was more than ample to maintain daylight. The light just dimmed a tiny bit.
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Pol on March 20, 2015, 06:34:22 PM: The biggest disappointment since the dead Kennedys released frankinchrist lol
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on March 20, 2015, 07:02:23 PM: Totally missed the whole thing ! I didn't even realise it was going to be happening ;D Can't imagine where my head has been for the last week :D

I just thought it was a grey dull morning :-[
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Wessexy Witch on March 20, 2015, 07:27:42 PM: Was ok.
I took the nursery children for an unexpected run around the playground so I could see it !
Most of them noticed it got darker and complained it was cold.

8)
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Master Ray on March 20, 2015, 09:09:04 PM: So, I woke up early, thought I'd check out this Solar Eclipse thing that the media is going crazy over... even made the effort to walk over to the huge (and rather pretty) graveyard nearby so I had open skies and somewhere nice to watch it...

The light went slightly dimmer. Then got normal again.

Yup, that was worth getting out of bed for. ::)

What the heck, grabbed a bacon sandwich from a local café, then back home for a snooze on the sofa. Both the sandwich and the snooze were far more exciting than the Eclipse.
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on March 20, 2015, 09:57:27 PM: Sounds like you had a brilliant day Ray :)
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Heno on March 20, 2015, 10:07:38 PM: i live on this island in the middle of a pond on an average rock in an insignificant solar system at edge of an substandard galaxy in a totally unknown part of the universe under permanent cloud cover and i socialise on the most unique forum

i've never seen a solar eclipse live

i'm gonna have to move before i die
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Master Ray on March 21, 2015, 12:00:48 AM: Quote from: Heno on March 20, 2015, 10:07:38 PM
i live on this island in the middle of a pond on an average rock in an insignificant solar system at edge of an substandard galaxy in a totally unknown part of the universe under permanent cloud cover and i socialise on the most unique forum

i've never seen a solar eclipse live

i'm gonna have to move before i die

You missed **** all.

I'd stay where you are, if I were you.
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: Heno on March 21, 2015, 12:57:36 AM: of course you would ray
Title: Re: UK Solar Eclipse, 20/03/15...
Post by: sozbot on March 21, 2015, 12:33:35 PM: Yeeeeeeeeeeah, didn't see a thing. Thick cloud cover here, probably didn't even get any darker. Shame. I did really enjoy the last one!