Eclipse

Did everyone have a good eclipse? It was a good view from Sussex. Ok, so we didn't get totality, but we didn't get cloud either.

Andy

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The BBC have a real movie of the eclipse at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/60000/video/_60454_eclipse_vi.ram

This is a streaming file. However, if you just go to the video directory
itself, you get a directory listing, and can click on the .rm file, rather
than the .ram file, and do a "Save As" on it, saving a copy to your local
hard disk :o)

btw, we had a wonderful view in london, until a huge bloody grey cloud
went over it. But it did serve as a bloody good light filter, enabling us
to see the crescent :o)

cheers
Asan

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Just to point out, that's actually one from venezuela last year... not the
one that just happened...

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ahhh arse :o)


On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Adrian Long wrote:
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Nevermind. Watch the highlights on telly tonight.

Can anyone find a good satellite image of the shadow over Europe. I tried
the weather satellite pictures at
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pub/sat-images/ but they are in infra-red and
don't show the shadow.

Andy

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On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Asach Tu wrote:
It's also of the eclipse last year in Venezuela *8). I'm surprised that
worked (the directory listing) - the rm files aren't stored in webspace.
The clouds parted just in time for us to have a really good look. It
wasn't that impressive even with 97% totality *8(.

Chris

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place of worship" - Duaine Dibley (Red Dwarf - "Back to Reality")

Had a good view from Harlow - very sunny here. Work completely stopped
as the building emptied.

Daniel

Yes ta. Partridge built a pinhole jobby and we all sat there watching
that or trying the CD trick...
didn't get cloud either.

Fine view in SW London.
I had http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/meteosat/ recomended to me ....
Might link up to the same stuff but give it a go




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It was the same stuff. However on further digging I found an archive with
visible wavelength pictures.

Compare and contrast:
http://satpix.nottingham.ac.uk/satpix/archive/C2D/11AUG99/C2D_21.JPG and
http://satpix.nottingham.ac.uk/satpix/archive/C2D/11AUG99/C2D_25.JPG


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Andrew Wren said:
Yup. Went to a service station just south of Amiens, France, right on
the line of totality. It was cloudy right up until about 2 minutes
before totality - people were leaping back in their cars and speeding
off to chase a gap in the clouds - but it went clear just in time...
and fantastic it was too. I can't help but be amazed that, due to a
few miracles of modern technology and a bit of luck with the weather,
we can be in the right place at the right time and the sun will be
swallowed by the moon for our pleasure. Brilliant! :-)

360 degree sunset, deep blue sky above, not many stars visible, and in
fact I didn't even see mercury, which was supposed to be very obvious,
but did see venus, for what THAT's worth.

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hello, just checking e-mail for the first time in 3 weeks!
We were supposed to get at least 99.9% down here in Dorset, but it was
sooooo cloudy all we saw was it getting really dark. It was still quite
cool as we saw it from the top of the hills overlooking Poole so we saw
all the street lights go on as it got darker, which was eerie and
definitely an odd sight during the day. I videod the TV programme, and
that had great pictures from the RAF Hercules aeroplane.
bye bye
Charlotte
p.s. I'm bored!!!! the holiday's too long!
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bet you won't be saying that six weeks into term :o)

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That's very true, actually.....good point!

And I thought that I was the only sad individual in the world who actually
looks forward to going back to university. 'tis very nice to see I'm not
alone. :)

Gordan