The next one occurs in this country after I’m dead (probably) so I made sure to experience this one. I almost forgot but I had set an alarm and so I went outside around 1800 last night and spent ninety minutes enjoying the spectacle. As I only remembered quite late I grabbed a box from upstairs, dusted it, and made a pinhole. It worked quite well. Here’s the view at 1850 hours local time:
The box was highly textured and so that’s the bumpy look to the image but he occlusion is clear. Later on it got darker and cooler which was lovely – it’s been too hot here the last few days and the day of writing this it is going to be a lot hotter, damn anthropogenic global warming. The best the eclipse got for me was around 1913 hours and here is that picture:
I remember an eclipse from the past, I think it was in the late nineties. I was definitely in the garden at the ancestral home and made a pinhole camera for that one. I think it was the one that was best viewed in Cornwall but my memories seem mixed about all that, emotional and picture memories aren’t lining up I think. Yes, I did briefly look directly at the sun, but very briefly I’m not a complete twat!