The last one of these we had in the UK was in 1999, I remember watching it in the garden with my parents – with our solar glasses and pin-hole cameras. This time the British weather was against us, with a thick overcast sky blocking out any hope of a clear view. Thankfully, about twenty minutes before the eclipse was due to peak, the cloud layer began to break up – and in fact, provided a perfect ‘screen’ to view the eclipse without any glasses or colanders!
The wispy clouds made for some very dramatic shots of the moon drifting across the sun right to left. Here’s a few I managed to snap through some breaks in the clouds.
by Andrew