Solar eclipse to plunge Britain into darkness

Here in Warsaw is very sunny today. It was getting darker gradually. At first I thougt it was going to rain. But after a while I recalled that we had solar eclipse today. I received an e-mail from my daughter's school that all children were observing it, as well.
 
I was waiting whole week to see this eclipse and today it was a very cloudy during eclipse. I was not possible to see anything.Maybe more luck next time. :). I even told my 8 year old son that we are going to watch the eclipse and we were both exited.
 
I experienced a full solar eclipse about thirty-some years ago. It did not get as dark as night, but as dark as twilight. The lights outside that come on when the sensors think it is getting dark out did come on, though.
 
We also used a welding helmet for observation and had a total clear sky. It was interesting and especially after turning into the opposite direction of the sun, because it looked strange and had different colors everything was colder and darker.
 
I was really happy to see it even just through the breaks in the clouds. I was too young to properly appreciate the last one I saw and remember making the smoked glass more than anything, so this was sort of like the first time! It was very cool. :headbanger:
 
I've observed from Belgium where the eclipse was partial about 75%. It was very cloudy and overcast today but we have seen a difference of brightness. It was especially significant in the rising phase.
I also felt a descent of energy during the phenomenon (I had chills).
 
Amsterdam was cloudy during eclipse time, so the only thing of note to see was that for a short while it went slightly even more gloomy outside than it already was. Eclipse was only partial over here.

In stead of watching it IRL, I switched on the telly and followed a special live coverage of the event via the BBC. Saw total eclipse there from a plane above Faeroe Islands with corona perfectly shiny for a couple of minutes as it happened. Cannot match the real thing of course but you get a fairly accurate impression of it anyway.
 
Luckily I saved the special glasses I got for the 1999 eclipse. It was cloudy here so I thought I was going to be disappointed, but there were gaps and I got a few great views. It was 87% covered in my location and although it seemed to go colder it didn't go too much darker, just what you would expect on a dull day.
If you didn't know about the partial eclipse you wouldn't have noticed anything out of the ordinary really.
 
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