The solar eclipse on Wednesday 12th August

It didn't get as dark as we expected, but it was still a significant occurrence and enjoyable to spectate in a group.

I enjoyed the pix, but enjoyed more the BBC news at 10pm presentation. It was truly wonderful as it went around Europe and Iceland and showed lots of people in the UK who did get the best.
Wonder from kids - "Awesome". Reminded us of our joint humanity.

Me - I was indoors dealing with a temporary crisis ..and forgot 🙄.

I fell asleep on the sofa around 5pm and woke just before 7, by the time I got outside 10 minutes later I think it was all over!

We shared our eclipse glasses with a neighbour sitting in our backyard, didn’t know it had started until we put on the glasses, it took a while until we thought we noticed the light growing dimmer, but it probably wouldn’t have occurred to us that anything dramatic was happening if we hadn’t known there was an eclipse. I had prayed it would get cooler but it didn’t.
I suppose you need a total eclipse to notice it.

Yes the glasses we used were from 1999 Abitbarmy, they’d been carefully stored in their original packaging. So pleased I remembered where to find them!

We watched it with the same glasses we used in 1999 that I’d kept in a cupboard just in case! We won’t see another so it was a special occasion and pleased we could see it in a cloudless sky.

I don't know what many of you expected. We bought the correct glasses to watch it properly and found it awesome. I give up.

Very striking here in the Périgord where we have had the hottest day yet. Clear blue skies and bright sun gradually got greyer and (phew!) a tiny bit cooler. We watched it from the top of the garden where we had an uninterrupted view and the cheapo Amazon eclipse glasses worked brilliantly.
2 SILs got some great pics which I am waiting for them to share with me.
I’m so glad we saw it here- 3 generations together making it a really meaningful occasion.

Farmor15

Colander worked well for me. Got quite dusky for a while.

You should t view the eclipse through a colander
You might strain your eyes
Boom, boom!

Colander worked well for me. Got quite dusky for a while.

Whitewavemark2

Honestly!!

You all lack soul and wonder.

No, we don't!

The Universe is awesome. Beyond comprehension!

🌕🌖🌗🌘🌚

WhiteWaveMark What a perspicacious cat you have!

Bit of a non event here in France as well. Too cloudy. Ah well c'est la vie.

Only a slight change in light

Our lovely neighbour gave us two pairs of eclipse glasses, daughter took one pair to watch with friends and we shared the other pair.

Margiknot, I watched the 1999 eclipse from the garden here with daughter and it did seem more eerie than today's eclipse. It was good but not spectacular.
Doubt we'll be here for the next one!

A bit of a non event in South Wales , very disappointing

1999 eclipse seen from the top of a small mountain near Salzburg- was properly surreal. It went cold and completely dark , the wind changed and the birds went quiet. Today - a partial eclipse from the top of a local hill- was disappointing! Several little flocks of geese took to the air as they usually do just before dusk. It cooled down a little, but really did not get dark. Our eclipse glasses- ordered a week ago - arrived just in time!

90.8% where I was viewing. Tried the colander and pinhole trick, both hopeless. Then viewed through eclipse glasses and saw it clearly at the optimum time. Shared them with a couple near me who had been trying the colander trick. We were all really chuffed.

Bit of a damp squid here in Bedfordshire, sun was just as bright as any other evening disappointed.

Whitewavemark2

Honestly!!

You all lack soul and wonder.

💯😁

We had bright sunshine no cloud. Fantastic with the glasses. We had 5 pairs (one each) and we noticed a family of neighbours on the front trying the colander method - so we passed over 2 pairs of ours … “Eh mum these are brilliant! You can see the orange of the sun now!” said the teenager. It felt nice to share as they were delighted and thanked us profusely!
😁

What a non-event 😫

If I hadnt known there was going to be an eclipse, I wouldn't have noticed a thing. As it was, it just felt like the sky had become a little hazy. I wasn't expecting it to be great, but was still expecting more than that.

didn't see it either, it was quite cloudy.

Too cloudy here to see anything. Got a bit darker and cooler, but that was it.