Eclipse of the Sun

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 dull day here in finglas/ballymun,the birds where acting strange alright... My one even cooked me a nice breakfast :pac:
The one back in '99 was much better,didn't go dark but everything looked kinda weird.You mentioned looking at it directly despite warnings not to,I think everyone is guilty of that,whether they like to admit it or not!

I'm glad of the cloud cover, meant I could actually get the odd photo through the clouds when they were lighter. Sun is shining away out there now, I managed to see the reflection of it in a neighbour's window and there was only still the slightest bite taken out of it. Got bloody cold out there though.

mariaalice

The clouds cleared here about five minutes ago, such a pity it was cloudy till now.

The Backwards Man

It's not anti climactic, it's just a non event. A satellite of a planet partially obscures the star it orbits, like it has done countless millions of times since the dawn of time.

Whoop whoop, hold the bleeding phone!

ScumLord

I had no specific filter for this kind of thing so I put all the filters I had on the camera and it worked. Then the clouds rolled in and made things better because I didn't need any filter at all. Then a horse came up to me and I took his picture too.

murpho999

murpho999 wrote: »

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

This is after hours and not astronomy. We can have expectations beyond your wildest beliefs. I had Jean Michel Jarre playing War of the Worlds in preparation for this moment.

Polo_Mint

mariaalice wrote: »

The clouds cleared here about five minutes ago, such a pity it was cloudy till now.

God hates Irish people. He just trolled us

josip

Shrap wrote: »

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.

Hens are stupid

Lapin

My high resolution shot taken outside Loughrea at the height of the fabulousness.


Amazing

NBCPass

In Killarney. Couldn't see a thing

Shrap

Lapin wrote: »

My high resolution shot taken outside Loughrea at the height of the fabulousness.

Yeah, that looks like the sun often does in Loughrea!

fryup

Lapin wrote: »

My high resolution shot taken outside Loughrea at the height of the fabulousness.

Amazing

you're being sarcastic yes?

Shrap

josip wrote: »

Hens are stupid

Little bit...

I've had a few clever ones, but most are pretty dim, it's true

Balmed Out

Saw it very clearly in west Cork. Looked at its reflection on my phone and I could see it very clearly though while not as bad as staring directly isnt far off it.

take everything

Lapin wrote: »

My high resolution shot taken outside Loughrea at the height of the fabulousness.


Amazing

End-of-year photojournalism shortlist here we come.

the_monkey

Brian Cox tweets

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/16870576291_251d4f6901.jpg

take everything

the_monkey wrote: »

Brian Cox tweets

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/16870576291_251d4f6901.jpg

That can't be him, is it.
A foul-mouthed Brian Cox. LOL.

mahamageehad

I got a semi-ok pic in frankfurt.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAiJ-e1XIAAPhbh.jpg:large

the_monkey

take everything wrote: »

That can't be him, is it.
A foul-mouthed Brian Cox. LOL.

course not ...

My Dad took it seriously , I'm gonna wind him up to the max over this..

kneemos

mariaalice wrote: »

The clouds cleared here about five minutes ago, such a pity it was cloudy till now.

Broken cloud cover here beforehand,clouded over for the eclipse and sunny again now.!

fryup

the_monkey wrote: »

Brian Cox tweets

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/16870576291_251d4f6901.jpg

well at least he was honest :pac:

ScumLord

the worst thing about this eclipse is that I've had "total eclipse of the heart" stuck in my head for the past two days.

Eugene Norman

The Backwards Man wrote: »

It's not anti climactic, it's just a non event. A satellite of a planet partially obscures the star it orbits, like it has done countless millions of times since the dawn of time.

Whoop whoop, hold the bleeding phone!

For most people total eclipses are once in a lifetime events. We haven't individually been around for millions of years.

Of course this one wasn't total but I expected more from 93%+. Still would like to see a total sometime. Next is 2090.

Eugene Norman

I am looking forward to tonights solar eclipse. Sun 100% eclipsed by the earth.

Loafing Oaf

Eugene Norman wrote: »

Of course this one wasn't total but I expected more from 93%+. Still would like to see a total sometime. Next is 2090.

Yeah I'm thinking the difference between 95% and 100% must be like, well, night and day...

kneemos

Reackon we could make do with five percent sunlight.
What's the other ninty five percent for?

Mint Sauce

Well the clouds broke enough for it to be viewed in sligo for a few seconds at 95% totality. No images as do not have the relative filters, and experiment to take pictures of the shadows did not work as too much cloud cover.

Still a great experience though, with relation to the darkening, the cooling down, and quietness. Lets hope August the 12th, 2026 gives us better weather though. There are other partials here in between, but dont think they are any more than 40-60%.

TheCoolWay

I looked straight at it. Don't tell my mother

the_monkey

There is a short story by Isaac Asimov called Nightfall .... check it out.

That's a special Eclipse !!!

maebee

Here in Limerick at 9.45 the clouds obliged and the light was amazing. Tried to look at it (I know, I know) but impossible because of the extreme brightness. Glad I got a millisecond glimpse of it.

Kerrigooney

TheCoolWay wrote: »

I looked straight at it. Don't tell my mother

Nevermind...thought I was on a different thread

Omackeral

Glacialflow wrote: »

Absolute morons who think this is an anti climax.

You sound like an eclipse hipster. Never thought there'd be such a thing.

endacl

Omackeral wrote: »

You sound like an eclipse hipster. Never thought there'd be such a thing.

An eclipster?

Omackeral

endacl wrote: »

An eclipster?

You, sir, have earned my respect.

dellas1979

JupiterKid wrote: »

A total eclipse will be visible from the Faroe Islands

Apparently not! They couldnt see anything there with clouds (per RTE news).


Edit: jesus ahahahahaha the RTE news just had an outro to the news of the eclipse with "total eclipse of the heart" playing in the background. God I love the wackiness of this country.

davmol

As usual the whoel thing was ruined by the Irish weather.

About 100 from my job went outside to see it an all we saw was cloud.

kowloon

ScumLord wrote: »

the worst thing about this eclipse is that I've had "total eclipse of the heart" stuck in my head for the past two days.

Turn around...


Didn't see a thing, completely overcast.

endacl

Bollocks to irish weather. Kentucky, August 2017.

jimgoose

Nice and sunny here this morning, really weird bright daylight/darkening at the same time, sorta thing at about 09:25. :cool:

YFlyer

Anybody lose their sight?

Drakares

Snapped this with my iPhone, through my telescope: http://i.imgur.com/Nv3YSAf.png

endacl

Drakares wrote: »

Snapped this with my iPhone, through my telescope: http://i.imgur.com/Nv3YSAf.png

Nice detail.

kneemos

YFlyer wrote: »

Anybody lose their sight?

Looked at the Sun and had a ****...still fine.

eternal

kneemos wrote: »

Looked at the Sun and had a ****...still fine.

Did it burn ya baws?

Capt'n Midnight

How does an astronomer cut his hair ?

'e clips it.

also https://camo.githubusercontent.com/04539689a4b01a8e095dafe6a041d5e8e11b5d10/68747470733a2f2f63322e737461746963666c69636b722e636f6d2f342f333432372f333335353131313931345f363264333035363731322e6a7067

Mint Sauce

YFlyer wrote: »

Anybody lose their sight?

They would hardly be able to type a reply if they did.

:pac:

Although there were 70 cases (uk figures) of sight loss following the 1999 event.

positron

Not surprised about the clouds, it's Ireland after all.

There was a couple of minutes during the eclipse where the cloud cover was just right so that you can look at the sun for seconds without hurting. Got this with my phone's camera.

Son Of A Vidic

It's was lovely in my neck of the woods all week and then the heavy cloud was out in force this morning. Fecking typical.

ScumLord

Here's the picture I was on about earlier on in the thread.

Capt'n Midnight

YFlyer wrote: »

Anybody lose their sight?

I tried using a colander to view the eclipse.

I think I've strained my eyes.