Solar eclipse tomorrow !

[exxos]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/id ... f688bcc3dd


I remember seeing the last one in my old job.. now I feel old.....

[mrbombermillzy]

I remember seeing the last one in my old job.. now I feel old.....

I was working at a custom loom cutting electronics/electrical company when the last one happened. IIRC 1999?

[stephen_usher]

August 1999 was the last total eclipse.

In Britain tomorrow’s eclipse is just partial.

[peters]

I had planned a diving holiday in Cornwall for the 1999 Eclipse.

We had 20+ people down there and went up to the cliffs over Falmouth bay to observe. There were hundreds there with us.

It was cloudy and started to drizzle and we didn't expect much but we weren't disappointed.

It got more and more gloomy and then a wave of darkness swept over us. We could see cabin lights in the yachts anchored half a mile away. A breeze blew through at the safe time. It was eerie.

Well worth seeing a total eclipse.

[stephen_usher]

I had planned a diving holiday in Cornwall for the 1999 Eclipse.

We had 20+ people down there and went up to the cliffs over Falmouth bay to observe. There were hundreds there with us.

It was cloudy and started to drizzle and we didn't expect much but we weren't disappointed.

It got more and more gloomy and then a wave of darkness swept over us. We could see cabin lights in the yachts anchored half a mile away. A breeze blew through at the safe time. It was eerie.

Well worth seeing a total eclipse.

I was at my parents' house in Mullion, on The Lizard. There was a break in the clouds just after totality started which closed up just as the diamond ring emerged.