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Mashuna
Ovis ex Machina
Lucky to be in France ? Have you lost your mind
Well, I was drinking the local farmers homebrew (and home distilled) Calvados, so my mind was not at its optimum level. . .
Duffy Moon
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Apart from a couple of cloudy minutes, superb viewing in Birmingham.
I was as popular at work as wobs' welders as I was the only one with eclipse glasses.
I was as popular at work as wobs' welders as I was the only one with eclipse glasses.
alfaniner
Penultimate Amazing
Thanks for that link to the live coverage. I was lucky enough to be awake and watch it right around the time of totality!
Duffy Moon
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Bonnie Tyler is now trending in the UK. 
Great pictures.
I caught it on a slooh.com broadcast. It was clouded over at the Faroe Islands, and one could not see much of the event aside from its darkening. But Svalbard was clear, and one got a great view of the event.
Eclipses: Om Nom Nom Nom Nom: a picture I made in honor of a nearly-universal premodern belief about eclipses.
Richard Carrier had written on this issue as his master's thesis: Cultural History of the Lunar and Solar Eclipse in the Early Roman Empire -- understanding eclipses was an early scientific triumph, but many people continued to believe that eclipses are caused by sorcerers doing black magic on the Sun and the Moon.
I caught it on a slooh.com broadcast. It was clouded over at the Faroe Islands, and one could not see much of the event aside from its darkening. But Svalbard was clear, and one got a great view of the event.
Eclipses: Om Nom Nom Nom Nom: a picture I made in honor of a nearly-universal premodern belief about eclipses.
Richard Carrier had written on this issue as his master's thesis: Cultural History of the Lunar and Solar Eclipse in the Early Roman Empire -- understanding eclipses was an early scientific triumph, but many people continued to believe that eclipses are caused by sorcerers doing black magic on the Sun and the Moon.
Rincewind
Philosopher
Sunny & hazy here - not Ankh-Morpork...
I had bought the Sky at Night magazine & it had a pair of the very dark glasses for free, so actually was ably to keep checking as the dragon swallowed the sun. Fascinating!
I had been in Plymouth for the full eclipse, but we had heavy cloud back then, so, apart from the eerie shadow racing across the clouds only saw it on the news when I got home from work.
Shouldn't there be somebody here claiming Intelligent Design?
I had bought the Sky at Night magazine & it had a pair of the very dark glasses for free, so actually was ably to keep checking as the dragon swallowed the sun. Fascinating!
I had been in Plymouth for the full eclipse, but we had heavy cloud back then, so, apart from the eerie shadow racing across the clouds only saw it on the news when I got home from work.
Shouldn't there be somebody here claiming Intelligent Design?
azzthom
Muse
I managed to nip out of work twice this morning to watch. Once at 9a.m when there was a sizeable bite out of the sun and again at 9.30 am for the peak. The clouds were just thin enough to allow some good viewing. Roll on 2026!
