Solar Eclipse.

[Voyager]

A friend of mine on Burra in Shetland just took this.

Nice shot .

I was late, rushed out with my camera and stuck a welding mask over the lens. With a bit of experimentation I got these:

Not great, but it is a record. It was surprisingly light during the partial eclipse considering how much of the sun was obscured.

There was patchy cloud moving quite fast so not ideal viewing conditions.

(camera is a Nikon D200 with an 18-200 DX/VR lens set at 1/60th sec at F20).

So that's that for another 20 years or so.

Bob.

 

[gerarddwatts]

Aye....I'll see you there??

 

[Smug]

Was you "Overwhelmed" by the solar eclipse?

Did you go to the Faroes to witness the "Breathtaking" solar eclipse or did you just charter an aircraft to guarantee a sighting.

Was you "Plunged" into twilight for two hours as the most spectacular eclipse of the sun for 15 years took place?

I must be a grumpy old git because it makes me cringe the way they go on and on about it. Will I get a refund on the lose of power generated by my solar panels? Will there be a catastrophe when all the solar panels stop generating at the same time?

 

[cookie]

the eclipse in dorset

 

[Gargy]

Be sure when enjoying the eclipse not to look at the sun.
Its full of tits and lies.

 

[Packer]

Be sure when enjoying the eclipse not to look at the sun.
Its full of tits and lies.

I though that they'd dumped the tits?

 

[cookie]

I though that they'd dumped the tits?

that was a lie.

 

[richie]

today, From the Beara looking towards the Sheeps Head

 

[Skid06]

not the eclipse but this morning at 6.00am clumber park on my 17ml cycle ride to work