Karlos- Location: Dover
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Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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I have always wanted to see a total eclipse of the sun and we are booked to see it off the Faroes on 20th March. I just hope that the sky is clear that day!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Just a reminder for this coming Friday. looking forward to it.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/solar-eclipse-33491/Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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We watched the 1999 eclipse from the University of Kent. Very eerie. The birds all twittered then fell silent as they roosted, then we saw a red squirrel playing on the lawn (must have thought it was night time). When my mother got home she found her parrot had laid the only egg it laid in its life.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I'm excited about the eclipse too but I keep reading the warnings about not looking at the sun with the naked eyes, only with special dark lenses. They are saying that children are particularly at risk of damage to their eyes and should not be allowed to look at it, and this also applies to adults. Does anyone know where these special glasses can be bought? I shall be on my way to Hythe at the time with two special needs children so I want to protect them too.
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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They are saying that it can be safely viewed through a pinhole in cardboard.
Audere est facere.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Looking forward to it.
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Saw in the paper today that the Faroe Islands where Judith (post 2) is going, is going to be too cloudy/rainy.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Pretty gloomy here in Dover.
Jan Higgins
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Even though we can not see the sun the light quality has definitely changed. The eclipse does not seem to have affected the birds they are still flying and visiting the bird feeders as normal.
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Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
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I remember many many years ago Patrick Moore was despatched to Turkey where a total eclipse was taking place. They were interested in how the wildlife would react. Several goats were penned up to be observed by the tv cameras. In order to see what was happening the goats were floodlit!
They just looked bemused.
Terry
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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Just back from our Eclipse Cruise. Unfortunately it was cloudy so we did not see the total eclipse we did get a break in the cloud just before totality. Even with the cloud we were aware of it going dark and the light returning from the west. It was a good holiday the Faroes, geysers in Iceland and Orkney being highlights. We will have to try again for the total eclipse.
Incidentally (with my optometry hat on) it is not a good idea to look at the sun through a pinhole, you need to use the pinhole to project an image of the sun on to a card or another surface.
Here I am in Torshavn in the Faroes.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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That looks like an optical illusion Judith failing that is a very large bench.
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
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Yes, a very large bench. We should get one in Dover in a scenic spot for tourist photos to be shared on social media. It might improve Dover's image as an interesting destination in its own right.
