Partial Solar Eclispe Friday March 20th

Frigga_92

From around 9:20 on I had a great view of it in Kilkenny but I couldn't get a decent photo. It looked pretty cool
It's such a pity it's so overcast.

shedweller

jay93 wrote: »

Can't see it in East Meath cloud cover too thick ..

Clear patches in slane moving east. Hang in there! I saw it just after max. Amazing! No filters needed yet! Clouds good for something eh?

kingshankly

Very visible along the East Coast now

eviltimeban

fryup wrote: »

lets call a spade a spade......that was crap, should have stayed in bed:mad:

It was cool if you could see it... I saw it. And it was cool.

DOCARCH

Caught the briefest glimpse here in south Dublin, through the cloud. Getting brighter again now.

Oneiric 3

A drop of almost 1.0c here during the event, with a subtle drop in pressure.

Woodville56

Not as apectacular as all the hype really !

RobertKK

Temperature fell 0.6c at my location.

It would be greater if it happened later in the day like in 1999.

Rikand

fryup wrote: »

lets call a spade a spade......that was crap, should have stayed in bed:mad:

It was truly awesome - There was some light cloud overheard and breaks in the heavy cloud meant you could see it with the naked eye without the need for visors. But you had to be quick to look away if the light cloud got too light.

Really glad I ignored work for 15 minutes, lol

eviltimeban

^ nice pic.

chipsdave

It was a ball of fire along the SW coast (with the sun in the East obviously) and remained cloudless for maybe 30-40 mins , a cameraman left Me look through his lens where you could clearly see the eclipse , this was not apparent to the naked eye however and it never got TOO dark.

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

/rant

Completely overcast in Kilkenny, just a sense of darkness, - no visibility of the sun at all. Must be brilliant for those of you lucky enough to see it

shedweller

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

/rant

Ah chill man! Some lads get tearful when their team loses. That to me is tragic! Horses for courses ya know?

fryup

not a total loss just got a glimpse through a break in the clouds, via my welding shield

RobertKK

I plan if I live long enough, to go on a couple of trips to view total solar eclipses, looking decades ahead...the US for one and Australia for another.

Maybe medical breakthroughs will make people live long enough to be around in the 2090s for the total eclipse over Ireland...I suspect I will be dead by then, but you never know and it will probably be cloudy.

barneystinson

RobertKK wrote: »

I plan if I live long enough, to go on a couple of trips to view total solar eclipses, looking decades ahead...the US for one and Australia for another.

Maybe medical breakthroughs will make people live long enough to be around in the 2090s for the total eclipse over Ireland...I suspect I will be dead by then, but you never know and it will probably be cloudy.

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

RobertKK

I didn't see it, happy for those who did.

It doesn't happen everyday.

El Horseboxo

Completely clear skies here. But was boring. Got dull and just felt like it does when the sun gets blocked by a supercell. I'd have much rathered got up to watch a supercell do its dirty deed.

Rikand

RobertKK wrote: »

I plan if I live long enough, to go on a couple of trips to view total solar eclipses, looking decades ahead...the US for one and Australia for another.

Maybe medical breakthroughs will make people live long enough to be around in the 2090s for the total eclipse over Ireland...I suspect I will be dead by then, but you never know and it will probably be cloudy.

Florida 2017! - Time to start saving money for it

Pangea

Calibos wrote: »

The danger is not intrinsically greater for eclipses but because people try and use the wrong materials to dim the sun they expose themselves to more danger. ie. Camera negatives dim the sun to the point where there is no pain and the blink reflex is not triggered but are actually only dimming the visible light but are letting the actually damaging UV rays through to the retina.

Thanks, but what do you mean in that context, camera negatives?

It was mostly sunny here for the eclipse,I glanced up twice for a split second thinking it was cloudy, but what I saw was the sun eclipsed, it wasnt bright, it might of been behind the clouds a bit but I looked away straight away :eek:. What a sight though.

Rikand

barneystinson wrote: »

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

If you've no interest, get the **** out. Stop ruining our buzz

barneystinson

RobertKK wrote: »

I didn't see it, happy for those who did.

It doesn't happen everyday.

I don't have diarrhoea every day, but no-one wants to come and look at my total eclipse of the toilet bowl when I do...

hollster2

Got some pictures when the cloud cover moved briefly kids will be delighted.

RobertKK

barneystinson wrote: »

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

Because a total eclipse is much better than a partial eclipse, I have an interest in astronomy, nature and it will be a good excuse if I am alive then to have a nice holiday built around that.
When retired, take a month's holiday down under or across the pond. View a total eclipse, see a bit of the country...have fun.

RobertKK

barneystinson wrote: »

I don't have diarrhoea every day, but no-one wants to come and look at my total eclipse of the toilet bowl when I do...

We get it, you are not into astronomy, ok.

snowstreams

I have to say it was pretty amazing from Galway city. Better than the 1999 one for me.
The sun was directly shining here at the maximum, and you could see the sun light go a very strange hue, it was different to the light when clouds obstruct the sun.
I took a few photos on my dslr but need to get a connection from home to upload them.

You can see the sunlight levels dropping here in galway from this link:
http://weather.nuigalway.ie/12HourTrends.php

RobertKK

A lot brighter now.

The birds did not stop singing this time, I wonder if the low cloud is the reason.

Did birds stop singing where the sun could be seen?

Longboard

Had a nice view in west cork!

Lumi

barneystinson wrote: »

I don't have diarrhoea every day, but no-one wants to come and look at my total eclipse of the toilet bowl when I do...

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