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Title: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Techno on 18 March 2015, 07:59:43 AM
.....the Northern Lights last night ? (And got photo's ? :))
Apparently visible, even in the South of England.

Needless to say I didn't !. :'( :'( :'(...And it's a 'phenomenon' that I'd love to see.
I expect it'll be cloudy on Friday....and I won't be able to see the eclipse properly, either. :(

Cheers - Disappointed of Wales.

Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 18 March 2015, 08:34:37 AM
Wales = Rain, so no probably about it.

IanS
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Westmarcher on 18 March 2015, 09:16:59 AM
Didn't see them either - was cloudy where I am. And to rub the salt in the wound even further, I was in the Isle of Skye last week where I would have had a great view if I had been there last night!  :'(
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Steve J on 18 March 2015, 10:22:08 AM
Sadly not with light pollution in Bristol :(.
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Orcs on 18 March 2015, 10:30:27 AM
AAARRGGGHHHHH!!!!!

I missed it too.
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: getagrip on 18 March 2015, 11:40:24 AM
Didn't see a thing; annoyed because this is on my bucket list :'(
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Ithoriel on 18 March 2015, 11:54:39 AM
Yep, wonderful view of clouds and light mist.

:'( :'( :'(


Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Leman on 18 March 2015, 03:09:34 PM
Nope, got home at 11.45pm, clear skies, looked no different to usual.
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Leon on 18 March 2015, 05:33:59 PM
Nothing over here, we've gone out a few times to try and catch them but we're always unlucky.  I am tempted to try and catch the eclipse on Friday though.
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Techno on 18 March 2015, 05:44:46 PM
I suppose, with the eclipse, we'll at least know it's happening, as it'll go all dark.  ;)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Leon on 18 March 2015, 05:45:56 PM
Quote from: Techno on 18 March 2015, 05:44:46 PM
I suppose, with the eclipse, we'll at least know it's happening, as it'll go all dark.  ;)
Cheers - Phil

I'll have finished work about 5am though, so I'd still be in bed normally...  Might have to get Adele to give me a nudge if it's a clear morning.
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Fenton on 18 March 2015, 06:08:12 PM
Sadly it was far too cloudy here up here in the North. Anyone thats interested you can download an official  auroawatch app which will send you tweets or messages when the auroa might be visible in the UK
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Vamboozle on 18 March 2015, 08:02:42 PM
Northern lights?

All we can see this far south is the glow of the French Coast.  ;)
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Genom on 18 March 2015, 10:17:20 PM
It was far too cloudy, we also have the refinery Illuminations to compete with, a wonderful orange glow on the horizon for miles around
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Maenoferren on 19 March 2015, 08:41:05 AM
Down in Glasgow so no chance.
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Techno on 20 March 2015, 09:47:05 AM
Well....'Saw' the eclipse by using a crude pin hole camera.

Much better on the TV !  ;D ;D ;D
Better do some work now. :-[
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: mart678 on 20 March 2015, 09:51:00 AM
Hi Phil

Even had an Eclipse here in Middle earth :D :D :D :D

Martin
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: getagrip on 20 March 2015, 09:53:21 AM
Bit of an anti-climax here in Tamworth :(
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Luddite on 20 March 2015, 09:55:21 AM
Managed to catch a glimpse or two through the clouds.   :)
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Ithoriel on 20 March 2015, 10:19:10 AM
09:00 - Brilliant sunshine, clear and nearly cloudless sky.

09:30 - Cloud, obscuring the eclipse

10:00 - Brilliant sunshine, clear and nearly cloudless sky.

Bleh!
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Techno on 20 March 2015, 10:30:25 AM
Quite frankly, I.....You didn't miss much.
Lovely clear skies throughout the whole process, here.....
It just went very slightly darker.....A bit like dusk, but nothing significant.

Mart....First one since we've been here, in Mordor...

Thing is.....'They' keep going on about an eclipse in 1999....I still lived in Notts then.....Don't remember that one at all !
Perhaps it was cloudy all day and we missed it.

Cheers - Phil.
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Westmarcher on 20 March 2015, 10:35:21 AM
As the light was getting duller in the lead up to the eclipse, I went outside and could hear the birds singing (presumably they thought it was dusk). Started to feel it getting a little colder (but assumed that was because I wasn't dressed for the Scottish weather - but who knows). Then stood at the kitchen window and, when the sun came out from the clouds (as much as it can during an eclipse!), got a few good images using the pin hole method Phil mentioned. Also had the TV on in the kitchen at the same time so I could watch it when the clouds came back!

So considering we weren't going to get a 100% eclipse and the less than clear sky here in the West of Scotland, not a bad experience. In 1999, I was stuck in an office and yes, you guessed it, it was cloudy on that day also! I think someone mentioned (Dara O'Briein?) the next one is in 2026!
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Orcs on 20 March 2015, 10:38:41 AM
Didn't seem to notice it at all, slightly darker, perhaps but as it was cloudy it was hard to tell

Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Techno on 20 March 2015, 10:20:35 PM
I think I should have mentioned before......

As Marvin (H2G2) would have said......"I've seen it.....It's rubbish !"
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: Hertsblue on 20 March 2015, 11:49:28 PM
My wife is livid. She went to Iceland last year just to see the aurora borealis and got nothing. Now everyone gets to see it but us southerners.  :'( :'( :'(
Title: Re: Anyone in the UK see......
Post by: getagrip on 21 March 2015, 06:48:12 AM
It's amazing how quickly it got cold.