Merry Eclipsemass everyone

[eclipsechaser]

Xxx

[bradx]

Getting v murky here. Unfortuntely I'm in the south and there's a thick blanket of cloud .... "total eclipse of the fun".

[someblokecalledfuz]

Looks amazing in Edinburgh... surprised at how light it remains with 90% blotted out!

[Head Gardener]

The 2015 Eclipse of The Sun

[alanmck]

Looks amazing in Edinburgh... surprised at how light it remains with 90% blotted out!

photos or it never happened.

[LDJB]

My eyes still hurt.............

[candiman]

From my son's shoebox contraption:





And there was the collander too of course:



We were also suprised by how light it remained.

In 1999 we were on the line of totality in Cornwall - cloudy unfortunately, but the darkness and sudden quiet was eerie. Also eerie was elevenses: it was our daughter's 11th birthday, we were staying in a B&B where there were a total of 11 people viewing the eclipse, which was at 11am wasn't it?, and in the evening we went to the local pub for a meal and we were shown to - yes - table 11. It is one of my daughter's enduring party pieces.

[candiman]

PS: right, now time to hit the chazzas

[candiman]

PS: right, now time to hit the chazzas

Then a haircut.

How does a man on the Moon get a haircut? Eclipse it.

[someblokecalledfuz]

Then a haircut.

How does a man on the Moon get a haircut? Eclipse it.

Very good... I will shamlessly appropriate that if you don't mind... I will enjoy telling it to my children, they will not enjoy it at all!!!! Thanks.

[Expiry2011]

Not much of an event in my part of London - but it was an excuse to sit outside and have a coffee!!

And, in true VG+ tradition I think we should post some moon based records

[someblokecalledfuz]

Your son's a big lad!

[eine]

Well, I thought I wouldn't see much due to the clouds, but the eclipse itself was clear and incredible.

All of these records, 'your internets', your day to day life, your whole life... it all seems so much more miniscule, delicate, both precious and meaningless, when thinking of these heavenly bodies moving to cosmic forces and orbits, made so clear and apparent at 9:30 this morning.

[RedX]

I took this using an infrared filter on my camera - worked great just as a viewing lens too

[Headless mermaid]