Partial Solar Eclipse
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Today sees a partial solar eclipse. This occurs when the moon lies between us and the sun and blocks out the sun. Arctic regions (including The North Pole) will see this eclipse at it's best, viewers further south (including us) will see part of the sun blocked off.
In our area it begins at 10.01am and ends at 12.23pm. However best viewing will be around mid eclipse at 11.09am (say between 10.30 to 11.40am) when up to 30% of the sun will be blocked off.
NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN especially through any optical instrument. The safest way of viewing a solar eclipse is by projecting an image of the sun onto a flat surface. Two sheets of white card (I used white disposable paper plates), one with a pin hole in it, will work perfectly. Even a couple of sheets of A4 paper will do.
It's actually easier to look at when there's a few wispy clouds passing, as it takes some of the glare.
In our area it begins at 10.01am and ends at 12.23pm. However best viewing will be around mid eclipse at 11.09am (say between 10.30 to 11.40am) when up to 30% of the sun will be blocked off.
NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN especially through any optical instrument. The safest way of viewing a solar eclipse is by projecting an image of the sun onto a flat surface. Two sheets of white card (I used white disposable paper plates), one with a pin hole in it, will work perfectly. Even a couple of sheets of A4 paper will do.
It's actually easier to look at when there's a few wispy clouds passing, as it takes some of the glare.
I brought in a solarscope to show a few people at work, bit of a disappointment with the clouds.
Did manage to see this flare yesterday though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-esTVFx6iE (not my video)
Did manage to see this flare yesterday though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-esTVFx6iE (not my video)
Years ago I saw a partial eclipse, and probably with a slightly bigger ‘bite’ out of the sun than today’s effort.
I was out wandering around at the time, and was standing under a tree when I saw something really amazing. What normally would be dappled light under the tree was transformed by the eclipse, as all the little gaps between the leaves that the sun shone through were transformed into hundreds of pinhole cameras, each projecting a crescent of sunlight on the ground below. The ground under the tree was a carpet of little shining crescents.
I will never forget it as long as I live.
I was out wandering around at the time, and was standing under a tree when I saw something really amazing. What normally would be dappled light under the tree was transformed by the eclipse, as all the little gaps between the leaves that the sun shone through were transformed into hundreds of pinhole cameras, each projecting a crescent of sunlight on the ground below. The ground under the tree was a carpet of little shining crescents.
I will never forget it as long as I live.
Very nice shots.
I remember the eclipse we had in the 90s. It went noticeably colder and the birds started twittering away as if it was roosting time. Most odd feeling.
Roofless Toothless said:
Years ago I saw a partial eclipse, and probably with a slightly bigger ‘bite’ out of the sun than today’s effort.
I was out wandering around at the time, and was standing under a tree when I saw something really amazing. What normally would be dappled light under the tree was transformed by the eclipse, as all the little gaps between the leaves that the sun shone through were transformed into hundreds of pinhole cameras, each projecting a crescent of sunlight on the ground below. The ground under the tree was a carpet of little shining crescents.
I will never forget it as long as I live.
Trippy, man. I was out wandering around at the time, and was standing under a tree when I saw something really amazing. What normally would be dappled light under the tree was transformed by the eclipse, as all the little gaps between the leaves that the sun shone through were transformed into hundreds of pinhole cameras, each projecting a crescent of sunlight on the ground below. The ground under the tree was a carpet of little shining crescents.
I will never forget it as long as I live.
I remember the eclipse we had in the 90s. It went noticeably colder and the birds started twittering away as if it was roosting time. Most odd feeling.
Roofless Toothless said:
Years ago I saw a partial eclipse, and probably with a slightly bigger ‘bite’ out of the sun than today’s effort.
I was out wandering around at the time, and was standing under a tree when I saw something really amazing. What normally would be dappled light under the tree was transformed by the eclipse, as all the little gaps between the leaves that the sun shone through were transformed into hundreds of pinhole cameras, each projecting a crescent of sunlight on the ground below. The ground under the tree was a carpet of little shining crescents.
I will never forget it as long as I live.
I've seen the same and it's incredible. It was a rare time that I had no camera on me unfortunately.I was out wandering around at the time, and was standing under a tree when I saw something really amazing. What normally would be dappled light under the tree was transformed by the eclipse, as all the little gaps between the leaves that the sun shone through were transformed into hundreds of pinhole cameras, each projecting a crescent of sunlight on the ground below. The ground under the tree was a carpet of little shining crescents.
I will never forget it as long as I live.
I've been lucky enough to see 2 total eclipses. I was working in Romania for the 1999 European one and headed into the Transilvanian mountains with a colleague and was treated to the show in a blue sky amongst the mountains close to the point of longest totality. Unfortunately, my wife was supposed to join me but got bumped off the BA flight and didn't make it :-(......so I promised her we would go to see another if we possibly could. We planned for 2 years our trip to US in 2017 and watched the eclipse in Tennessee.
They are weird and totally awe inspiring events. Have seen the crescent effect through the trees, the birds do indeed quieten down and the T drops by a few degrees during the total eclipse. As the last one was in the USA, there was a lot of whooping and shouting when the diamond ring effect emerged at the end of the eclipse :-)
They are weird and totally awe inspiring events. Have seen the crescent effect through the trees, the birds do indeed quieten down and the T drops by a few degrees during the total eclipse. As the last one was in the USA, there was a lot of whooping and shouting when the diamond ring effect emerged at the end of the eclipse :-)
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