Just enough hazy cloud to render it invisible here, although it did darken and
everything went quiet. Also bolloxed up the Perseids.
> On 13/08/2026 09:11 BST Bob W PDML <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> It was quite interesting here. I couldn’t watch the eclipse itself as I had
> an urgent dental appointment exactly at the time of maximum coverage. I
> didn’t mind as I saw the last total eclipse and also another good partial one
> a few years later.
>
> I walked to the dentist with the sun on my back and it was interesting to see
> so many people holding colanders to get the projected shadows, and people
> trying various other things to see it, including one woman who seemed to be
> watching it directly through her fingers, which would have been very stupid.
> As I arrived at the dentist’s all the staff were outside watching through
> eclipse glasses in their dentist and nurse uniforms.
>
> The whole 10-minute walk would have made a nice little photo essay, so I
> think next time I’ll take photos of the watchers of the sky.
>
> At maximum coverage I could see the sky to the east from the dentist’s chair
> and it was very weird colour. Altogether a very interesting and enjoyable
> experience.
>
> Except for the bill.
>
>
>
> > On 12 Aug 2026, at 21:51, Henk Terhell <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Well, that was the eclips tonight. I had sought a decent location on a
> > dune top to take some pictures.
> > I got special carton eclips glasses from my optician and was therefore well
> > prepared to view the event.
> > However, as the eclips was not more than 90%, I discovered that there was
> > too much contrast with the remaining sunshine for a proper landscape
> > picture. I should have used a graduated ND filter.
> > And I didn't dare to take a close-up of the sun/moon combo without a
> > special eclips filter .
> > Lesson learned. Now I have to wait till 2081 for another decent eclips here.
> >
> > https://www.flickr.com/gp/mxer/2r0zPcn02r
> >
> > Henk
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