Just caught the Channel 7 “Sunrise” bulletin where it was presented as an “Astrological Event” by Kochy and as written in the information banner at the foot of the screen….sigh….
Sitting here in Cairns and have seen the sun through a few sucker holes ! Hoping it clears a few more times during the eclipse.
Glad to hear someone is getting clearish skies.
Clear skies here from horizon to horizon but being so far south the partial is only minimal, this is what I am seeing over Varney's Range at the moment.
Got all the gear set up in the front yard to photograph it and at 7am no cloud, 7.30 totally clouded over here in Townsville, 8.50 still completely hidden, got a 20 second look but now it's gone.
The sun is brightly shining in Sydney so at 8:50 I screamed out of bed to get my solar glasses. As expected they were not where I last had them.
I gave up after 10 mins and grabbed a bit of stiff card and a pin and sheet of white paper. A nice pin hole in the card, stood at the window and threw the image onto the paper at about 40cms and Eureka! there was the image of the partial eclipse. The first time I have bothered with an eclipse in 60 years.
The sun is brightly shining in Sydney so at 8:50 I screamed out of bed to get my solar glasses. As expected they were not where I last had them.
I gave up after 10 mins and grabbed a bit of stiff card and a pin and sheet of white paper. A nice pin hole in the card, stood at the window and threw the image onto the paper at about 40cms and Eureka! there was the image of the partial eclipse. The first time I have bothered with an eclipse in 60 years.
Barry
well thats an excellent alternative to nothing Barry
that is also the only way I can convince my wife to watch an eclipse, I could stack 10 solar filters on top of each other but still she will only view it through the camera obscura.
Weird morning here, smoke and fog, and it brought about some interesting photographic challenges! Earlier on the Sun was red and you could easily see the eclipse naked eye (quick glances). Still visible naked eye but am now using filters (camera) & eclipse glasses (eye). Attached is a quickie at maximum eclipse. Nearly over now.
Spectacular sunrise this morning. Perfectly clear with second contact occurring a few seconds before the sun cleared the horizon. We're absolutely stoked here 220km south of Newman and about 40km in from the south limit. We chose this spot because it was the only spot that gave us C2 on the horizon with relatively easy access.
Spoke to Geoff Sims on the phone. He is on the next slightly higher hill about a km away. Have packed up and driving over to see him now.
Finally, a gorgeous day in Newcastle for a Solar event! Hadn't taken too much attention with this one in the build up. But this morning dawning so lovely,I grabbed the solar glasses and took a peek. Telescope is packed way to high to get out easily, but the kids (4 and 6) had a great time with the glasses. We took the glasses to school and my daughters 1/2 class had a fantastic time checking it out. Looking forward to seeing more photos.
