[Misc] Official "Where the heck did the sun go" thread

[US Seagull]

For anybody who might be in the path of today's eclipse

NASA Eclipse Explorer

Totality here will be at 3:13pm, in about 2 hours from now. Weather is looking pretty decent. It was very overcast this morning but most of the clouds have cleared out.

Obviously I don't need to tell anybody here not to stare directly at the sun. I mean, you'd have to be real idiot to do that...

 

[A1X]

Jealous, very much on my bucket list to do a total eclipse somewhere

This in 2026 is the closest well get to one in Blighty for most of us

12 Aug 2026 – Partial Solar Eclipse in the United Kingdom

Upcoming eclipse visible in the United Kingdom – where can you see it, what time does it happen, and which 6 constituent countries have the best cloud and weather forecasts?

www.timeanddate.com

 

[Marty McFly]

I'll be at 98% totality, but sadly looks like clouds will thwart my viewing. Enjoy!

 

[Badger]

I'm hoping the sky clears here but it's looking quite cloudy at the moment. Got my eclipse glasses ready!

 

[Marty McFly]

For those of you with an hour or so to kill, I enjoyed this film from the Banff Film Festival a few years back.

 

[Weststander]

We’re visiting Coney Island today, there’s a real sense of anticipation.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

1999 me and the kids had an eclipse party...well orange juice and crisps outside with our pin pricked piece of cardboard and sheet of paper. very strange, all the birds went to roost for five minutes!

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Just got very dark in Lewes, but this is due to it peeing down with heavy rain

 

[Questions]

I’m on a roof tomorrow what’s the forecast?

 

[AZ Gull]

Just been out to take a peak.

 

[A1X]

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I haven't seen the sun for months. Every time I look, it starts to rain.

 

[Scappa]

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Wales

 

[Badger]

Well that was disappointing. It seems like the heaviest cloud cover came in just as it was peaking here. It just went dark for a few minutes and the streetlamps came on.

 

[US Seagull]

Ours was pretty good. The clouds did start to roll back in again, but the eclipse was clearly visible. Pretty eerie. And over far too quickly.

Bit like my sex life.

 

[US Seagull]

 

[Brok]

It was pretty crap here in Cheshire.