SPAM random annoying things

[DaGaffer]

Eclipse was a bit of a letdown; supposed to be 94% coverage here and it's a cloud free day but it just went a bit darker and you couldn't really see a disk or anything. I remember the last one I saw in London years ago was very distinct (watched it on a roof just off Oxford street), maybe because it was in the middle of the day.

 

[Gwadien]

Eclipse was a bit of a letdown; supposed to be 94% coverage here and it's a cloud free day but it just went a bit darker and you couldn't really see a disk or anything. I remember the last one I saw in London years ago was very distinct (watched it on a roof just off Oxford street), maybe because it was in the middle of the day.

Your avatar is very fitting for this 1/5 sun review, let me down.

I agree though - it got darker a bit earlier...

 

[caLLous]

Eclipse was a bit of a letdown; supposed to be 94% coverage here and it's a cloud free day but it just went a bit darker and you couldn't really see a disk or anything. I remember the last one I saw in London years ago was very distinct (watched it on a roof just off Oxford street), maybe because it was in the middle of the day.

We were apparently supposed to get over 97% down here but it went a bit dusky for about a minute and... that was that. The sun was practically down over the horizon (hills to the west) anyway. Waste of about 15 minutes of anticipation.

 

[Deebs]

Son is out in Spain with his aunt, his uncle is mad on astronomy and has all the gear. Just got sent this pic he took

 

[Scouse]

Phone only picked up a disk of light - but when eyeballing directly at 'peak' I could see a very thin crescent of sun, and a dark disk covering nearly all of it.

Well, I could for about two seconds before I had to look away.

 

[Carbon60]

We had too much cloud cover here when it reached peak eclipse so it was a bit of a failure. I did get to see some of the before and after though. It didn't get very dark at all.

 

[Scouse]

Guinea Fowl attacked by a goshawk yesterday. I ran out but not in time - I heard her make a gawd awful sound (which is haunting me) before the goshawk flew off.

Found her last night, running about, all bright. Penned her away to give her a chance but she has a big hole in her neck.

Just verified a crop puncture. She's drinking, but it's just falling out of her. So I have to do the dirty.

 

[Raven]

I was surprised how bright it still was, despite the ~90% reduction.