clouds due to part here at about 11 AM.
hour and a half too late.......
I don't think I believe in eclipseseses......
hour and a half too late.......
I don't think I believe in eclipseseses......
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The 1999 one was alright, got a glimpse. Here - just slightly greyer than immediately before and after. The birds twittered on in Kensington Gardens. Street lamps were all on though, which was marginally spooky (don't know whether they'd been set to go off later today, considering - or whether it's a light-sensor thing).Originally posted by teamsaint View Postclouds due to part here at about 11 AM.
hour and a half too late.......
I don't think I believe in eclipseseses......
So - life goes on.
Looking forward to Anna re-emerging from totality in cloudless Wales!!!
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Lovely sunshine here - early morning mist lifted. The light filtering through the trees S of the house gained an eerie quality as the eclipse passed, just managed to make it out (from the field behind) with pinhole in cardboard box
but sun so bright it didn't seem all that dark.
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Eclipse very noticeable here in the Pennines - only 85%, and the birdsong continued throughout, but a crescent sun bled a subdued grey light, and the sky itself (not the clouds, the actual sky) had a grey "film" about it. Pleasantly eerie.
Back to full sunshine now - a lovely, clear day, but still very parky; temperature due to reach double figures at noon. Happy Equinox, everyone - and welcome, Spring![FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Got a wonderfully detailed view via my camera obscura. (o.k., the television).Comment
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Superb eclipse-watching weather here. I observed it biblically - through a glass, darkly. Colleagues who went outside reported stillness, and an absence of birdsong.Comment
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I feel a Symphony coming on, said Benjamin.Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Sun out here now.
confusedemotionssmileything.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.Comment
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Emerges, blinking, into the bright sunlight ......Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Looking forward to Anna re-emerging from totality in cloudless Wales!!!
It was very good, such a cool and eerie light. Bound to be loads of pix on BBC website, will look later, supposedly the best one for years and there's a roundup on Stargazing prog this evening. It's when something like this happens it makes you realise that we're really on a planet, somewhere in space!
Also, just checked the local weather station, the temperature dropped from 6° to 5° when it happened. It's 10.6° now, still nary a cloud and I think on target to hit the 13° forecast later by Met Office, everyone walking around minus coats!Comment
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Haydn wrote a piece too.....Originally posted by Caliban View Post
Komm, holder Lenz! Des Himmels Gabe, komm!Comment
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The Macallen?Originally posted by mangerton View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Yes the temperature was almost the most noticeable part about the whole thing - cycling around at 9.20 it was dank and cold and my hands were like blocks of ice despite the robust cycling gloves, as on the nastiest winter day.Originally posted by Anna View Post
Cycling out from home 45 minutes later, not only was it very markedly lighter but there was hardly any need for gloves."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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UPDATE:
The event triggered one of the biggest power surges of the decade as up to 10 million viewers headed indoors and tuned in to the phenomenon on Stargazing Live on BBC1.
The 2GW surge was equivalent to 3.2million Brits turning on TVs and kettles at the same time, energy use data showed, double the amount seen following the Andy Murray Wimbledon final in 2013.
National Grid spokeswoman Gilly West said: “Rather than demand pick up after the event as expected, it picked up during the event by 2GW - a significant amount - as people stayed indoors due to the weather.
“It was the ‘cup of tea’ effect as people turned on TVs, kettles, heating and lights. We coped fine.”
©The Daily Telegraph
Makes you proud to be British... 
Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 20-03-15, 16:34."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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The local BBC1 lunchtime news showed a sea of upturned faces in Greenwich Park with protective glasses; SE London is indeed noted for its indomitable spirit of optimism.
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