Eclipse of the Sun March 2015~Photo’s

I have a couple of hours to spare while my lively 4 year old Granddaughter is at preschool. So I thought I would upload the photo’s I took of the Eclipse we had here in the UK last Friday. 

First the sky was bright and blue, and we thought we were in for clear skies

Blue sky, the eclipse was already under way and was a quarter of the way across even though my Small Camera couldn’t pick it up.

If you look at the top of the above image you can see the wisps of cloud rolling in.. The sky was very strange,  I think as the cooler air started pulling in the blanket of cloud.

The cloud rolled in and this was the second picture taken

 You can see already how its getting darker

Darker still This one is darker because I used my Sun glasses over my camera lens to see if it showed what we could see visually.

Looking through our pin prick pieces of card we could easily see the eclipse by this time the Moon was around 2 thirds of the way across the Sun 

Now you can see how much darker it was getting

But my digital camera was not showing what we could see.

What I could see visually without my pinned piece of card

I heard my neighbours out on the front of our houses.. they were observing the eclipse by not looking directly up into the sky. But by looking at the reflection through their windows..

I went back around the back and looked into my kitchen window from the outside.. Sure enough I could see the Eclipse perfectly..

These next few photo’s are what I saw..  I took these pictures  of the window.. Now you may see on some there appears 3 eclipses this is due to the glass reflection and the angle I took the photo’s

Taken through the reflection of my kitchen window from outside looking at the window

When this stage of the Eclipse took place, the temperature dropped it was cold, and the birds who had been singing up until this point in the garden shrubs all stopped singing.. The wind also got up slightly adding to the eeriness of this wonderful experience..

I then got out my Drum.. and did some drumming, and gave thanks to Mother Earth in a small ceremony to celebrate The  Spring Equinox and the Renewal of Life

 

Here you get the strange effect of seeing the eclipse 3 times as my window reflected the sun back

I hope you enjoyed this little Interlude..

 I will be back in a few days to catch up with all of your own recent posts.. In the mean time have a glorious week.

And hope to be back really soon..

~Sue~