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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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    Clear sky in Hamburg. 80% band here or so. Maybe I should build a camera obscura.. do you guys have something to look safely at it?

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      Cloudy here, too :( Damn. I wanted it to power my crystal array, to turn my Led Zeppelin albums to gold.

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      Well, it worked for these guys[^]

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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          Duncan Edwards Jones
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          The 100% track is going down closer to the middle of the Atlantic - here in Dublin we'll get 90% once the fog clears.

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          • L Lost User

            Clear sky in Hamburg. 80% band here or so. Maybe I should build a camera obscura.. do you guys have something to look safely at it?

            Recursion: see Recursion.

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            Jorgen Andersson
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            Go to the hardware store and get a pair of welding goggles.

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              Rage
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              I am in the ... 68% band. But I saw the 1999 one at 100%, it was dark more than 40min :cool: I don't have any glasses though, for we know about it since only 4 days ago, so everybody massively attempted to buy ones and the stock were soon empty. :(

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                I am in the ... 68% band. But I saw the 1999 one at 100%, it was dark more than 40min :cool: I don't have any glasses though, for we know about it since only 4 days ago, so everybody massively attempted to buy ones and the stock were soon empty. :(

                Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                OriginalGriff
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                Use anything as a Pinhole camera: Even a colander can show you the image on a white wall - I'm using a simple hole to view, and there is a big chunk out of the sun here already.

                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                  chriselst
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                  Bright sunshine in the Midlands. My daughter has been listening to teachers saying people go blind in eclipses, we'll all go out and watch, so is now too terrified to go to school this morning.

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                    Nagy Vilmos
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                    Don't look at the Sun, it's still dangerous even if only 10% is visible. The same goes for the Express and the Mail.

                    veni bibi saltavi

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                      My old place would be in the 98% band. The guys in the West of Shetlands area, Schiehallion, Foinavon or Clair Ridge for example will probably be close to the 100% if not in it.

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                        Don't look at the Sun, it's still dangerous even if only 10% is visible. The same goes for the Express and the Mail.

                        veni bibi saltavi

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                        Jorgen Andersson
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                        That would depend on which page you look at. :rolleyes:

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                        • N Nagy Vilmos

                          Don't look at the Sun, it's still dangerous even if only 10% is visible. The same goes for the Express and the Mail.

                          veni bibi saltavi

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                          chriselst
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                          I still feel I'll from seeing photos of Gideon twirking on the front page yesterday.

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                            Johnny J
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                            Extremely cloudy here as well, but we can just about get a glimpse of the eclipse through them... Epic :doh:

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                            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                              As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

                              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                              Somebody here has brought in a welding mask in which to view it from. :doh:

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                                Extremely cloudy here as well, but we can just about get a glimpse of the eclipse through them... Epic :doh:

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                                OriginalGriff
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                                Clear skies, sun in right direction - and by heck the temperature in the back garden dropped quickly, even in our ~90% band. Herself watched it on TV "because the coverage was better" :sigh:

                                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  Clear skies, sun in right direction - and by heck the temperature in the back garden dropped quickly, even in our ~90% band. Herself watched it on TV "because the coverage was better" :sigh:

                                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                  Johnny J
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                                  Yeah, well, I just hope the next one is better. That was in what? 24 years or so? :(

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                                    Yeah, well, I just hope the next one is better. That was in what? 24 years or so? :(

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                                    OriginalGriff
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                                    There is a very good one in the USA in 2017: http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/path_through_the_US.htm[^]

                                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      As you may know (if you live in the UK, it's been all over the news for days) there is a solar eclipse in UK / some of Europe today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31965456[^] And I look outside...and it's thick fog... :sigh: Never mind, it has a couple of hours to burn off. Last time we had a total eclipse in the UK (1999) Herself and I chucked a tent on the bike and buggered off to Cornwall for a week to see it. Had a great time, except for the eclipse itself: it poured down, thick - total - cloud cover and you couldn't "see" it at all. Still spectacular though. This time, we're in the 90% track, so if the fog lifts... Any of you in the 100% band? On board a north sea drilling platform perhaps?

                                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                      PhilLenoir
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                                      Devenish or St Austell's Griff (to compensate for the weather)?

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                                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                        Use anything as a Pinhole camera: Even a colander can show you the image on a white wall - I'm using a simple hole to view, and there is a big chunk out of the sun here already.

                                        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                        OriginalGriff wrote:

                                        Even a colander can show you the image on a white wall

                                        It would strain your eyes though.

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