2015

SO9096 : Eclipse time in Penn, Wolverhampton

taken 9 years ago, near to Blakenhall, Wolverhampton, England

Eclipse time in Penn, Wolverhampton
Eclipse time in Penn, Wolverhampton
This is Buckingham Road (the familiar royal oak tree!) at 09:31 on 20 March 2015. About 90% of the sun was covered by the moon, and the light was "watery" and thin, a kind of bright but gloomy simultaneously - the image doesn't really express the mysterious stillness which pervaded the scene.

It is said that wildlife is sensitive to events such as this. "My" robin was in a real vociferous "panic", flying back and forth right by the house at low level for several minutes around 09:25.

SO9096 : Eclipse time in Penn, Wolverhampton
Solar Eclipse - 20 March 2015

A partial solar eclipse occurred over the whole of Britain between about 0830-1030 on 20 March 2015. The next one of any consequence is on 12 August 2026 – it will be total across Iceland, the Atlantic and Spain, with a very large partial eclipse across Britain with western Ireland at around 95% eclipsed, falling to 83% in London.

Two useful websites are LinkExternal link and LinkExternal link
The Wikipedia site is excellent – a click on any date of the future eclipses opens up a new page with full details and animation.


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Buckingham Road [62] · Oak Tree [26] Other Photos: · Eclipse time in Penn, Wolverhampton Title Clusters: · Eclipse time in Penn, Wolverhampton [2] ·
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Photographer
Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 20 March, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 23 March, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 9042 9604 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:33.7264N 2:8.5651W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 9039 9601
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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