Eclipse of the Sun

Elmer Blooker

didya hear the one about the Irish eclipse?

sure its always dark and grey here!

Beefy78

Amazing view of it over UCD. It being cloudy is perfect as you can actually look at it.

I remember the one in 1999 which was a bright and beautiful day so you couldn't really look at it.

Fred Swanson

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The Backwards Man

What time does it start?

eternal

Very bright here. You couldn't look at it.

Dr Bob

In maynooth ..nothing much but clouds here

Harry Palmr

Just saw it again! w00t!

fryup

this is crap, i want my money back!!! :mad:

retalivity

In Lucan, can see shag all

SEPT 23 1989

Getting brighter now all over im sure the sun will be out in an hour

Kingp35

Very anti-climatic!

slinky2000

In the city center, darker but can;t see any sun

force eleven

Mint Aero wrote: »

Gotta be honest, this is pretty sh*t.

Well, I expect total apocalyptic power grid meltdown myself, people rushing out in panic on the streets and a few planes falling from the sky. Eclipses aren't like they used to be in the olden day.

sjb25

Most fun is sky news trying to cover it some guy banging a pot for change in society and get the evil away

Fred Swanson

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sjb25

sjb25 wrote: »

Most fun is sky news trying to cover it some guy banging a pot for change in society and get the evil away

Or the well it great here at the moment but we can't see it lol

namloc1980

Kingp35 wrote: »

Very anti-climatic!

What were you expecting?

I was expecting darkness to descend here in Naas. All that seems to have happened is it got slightly more gloomy than normal.
Glad I didn't take up that offer last month of importing 5,000 pairs of eclipse glasses from China. It's a long time to wait til 2026 for the next one.

hollster2

Suns coming in and out here got some cresent pictures

Karl Stein

Stupid cunt birds thought it was time to roost. Motherfucking morons.

Lovely clear skies over Cork. I used a pinhole in a sheet of paper to project the image but still glanced up at the Sun briefly because I'm a defiant idiot.

Lapin

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Pfffft

Sky News sent Kay Burley to report live from the scene.

barneystinson

What's the big ****ing deal, we can't see the sun most of time anyway, what difference if its the moon blocking it instead of clouds, buildings or planet ****ing earth...!!!???

And if a crescent sun is so amazing why don't people lose their **** over a crescent moon most nights of the week...?!

/rant

namloc1980

Deleted User wrote: »

I was expecting darkness to descend here in Naas. All that seems to have happened is it got slightly more gloomy than normal.

It wasn't a total eclipse over Ireland! Must laugh at anyone who expected it to get dark.

Falcon L

I got a great look at it earlier when the sky was only patchy cloud. I had to use the welding glass, but got a great, clear view of it.

Kingp35

namloc1980 wrote: »

What were you expecting?

To be able to see it would have been nice.

Fred Swanson

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whiskeyman

i staareed righjt art the wunn annd itt hasny arfcetd mu eysight one biy

Tearin It Up

So that's what that was.

And I thought the heavens was going to open up and pour.

uck51js9zml2yt

I got some photos at 95% on the quays .:)2

17larsson

Why couldn't the sun and moon do something good for once?

Mint Aero

force eleven wrote: »

Well, I expect total apocalyptic power grid meltdown myself, people rushing out in panic on the streets and a few planes falling from the sky. Eclipses aren't like they used to be in the olden day.

In my day we'd all be dead now.

Lapin

barneystinson wrote: »

What's the big ****ing deal, we can't see the sun most of time anyway, what difference if its the moon blocking it instead of clouds, buildings or planet ****ing earth...!!!???

And if a crescent sun is so amazing why don't people lose their **** over a crescent moon most nights of the week...?!

/rant

Aragh go back to bed and lie down....

fryup

give me a good old storm instead, at least storm darwin last year was an event to remember

murpho999

Deleted User wrote: »

I was expecting darkness to descend here in Naas. All that seems to have happened is it got slightly more gloomy than normal.
Glad I didn't take up that offer last month of importing 5,000 pairs of eclipse glasses from China. It's a long time to wait til 2026 for the next one.

Why were you expecting darkness when there was no totality here?

the_monkey

Glacialflow wrote: »

Absolute morons who think this is an anti climax.

Absolute morons really ????

I'm sure if even Prof. Brian Cox was in a cloudy area he would call it anti climatic.

namloc1980

17larsson wrote: »

Why couldn't the sun and moon do something good for once?

Like allow and sustain life on Earth?

Irelandcool

if by eclipse they mean blocking out the sun. Then I would suppose we get solar eclipses a lot here in ireland with all the crappy weather. We don't see the sun a good amount of the time.

harry Bailey esq

Karl Stein wrote: »

Lovely clear skies over Cork. I used a pinhole in a sheet of paper to project the image but still glanced up at the Sun briefly because I'm a defiant idiot.

Just another full day here in finglas/ballymun,the birds where acting strange alright... My one even made me breakfast :pac:
The one back in '99 was much better,didn't go dark but everything looked kinda weird.

Fred Swanson

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Ficheall

Well, that was disappointing. A bastard layer of cirrus meant that the sun was its usual ball of blinding white, with the crescent only discernible in the afterflashes burned into one's retina. It got a little darker.

2/10 Would not watch again unless it was an excuse to avoid work.

The live feeds look amazing though - some quality photoshopping going on there...

MarkY91

Blanket of cloud all morning where I am. Waste of time, didn't even notice it being slightly darker. Some lively pictures on Facebook of it though..

fryup

you would have had a better chance of going blind from having a ****

which is what i wish i was doing instead of watching that crap:mad:

murpho999

I can't believe that people are complaining about natural events that went exactly as forecast.

Mallagio

Some images from the Faroe Isles I've taken from TV via screengrab.


http://s25.postimg.org/5raqat75b/total_eclipse_2.jpg

http://s25.postimg.org/fpvoxagkv/total_eclipse_3.jpg

http://s25.postimg.org/qmx0m23cf/total_eclipse_200315.jpg

Shrap

My hens got a bit confused for 10 minutes. They started getting off the ground and roosting, even though they'd just come out of the hen house a few hours before! Other than that, just looked like a dull overcast day, with a weirdly blue sky to me....good seeing the sickle effect though.

Mallagio

retalivity wrote: »

In Lucan, can see shag all

Me too, too much cloud cover.

take everything

Eclipse late for work excuses FTW.

endacl

the_monkey wrote: »

Absolute morons really ????

I'm sure if even Prof. Brian Cox was in a cloudy area he would call it anti climatic.

And....

"Amaaaaaaaaaaazzzinnngg"

Karl Stein

God bless God for all this wonderful Godnessness.

endacl

fryup wrote: »

you would have had a better chance of going blind from having a ****

which is what i wish i was doing instead of watching that crap:mad:

What stopped you?