HAPPY NEW WEEK!
Last week's Chat Thread is here.
This is an important week with several major events for the global community!
SPRING EQUINOX
Spring arrives Friday, 20 March 2015, in the Northern Hemisphere at:
22:45 GMT/UTC10:45 p.m. in the U.K.06:45 p.m. in the eastern United States03:45 p.m. in California
Autumn Equinox is Saturday, 21 March 2015, in the Southern Hemisphere. Fall arrives at 09:15 a.m. in Adelaide, Australia.
NEW MOON
The Moon turns new on the day of the equinox at 09:36 GMT/UTC, only 14 hours after reaching lunar perigee (the moon's closest point to Earth in its orbit). The New Moon is at 09:36 a.m. in the U.K., 05:36 a.m. in the eastern U.S., 02:36 a.m. in California, and on 20 March at 08:06 p.m. in Adelaide, Australia.
SOLAR ECLIPSE
Here's the big news! On Equinox day, 20 March, the close perigee New Moon will swing right in front of the Sun to totally block out the solar disk. It's a Total Solar Eclipse!
You have to be in the right location -- the Faroe Islands or the Svalbard archipelago... -- to witness the eclipse in totality, but a much larger swatch of the globe will see varying degrees of partial solar eclipse -- Europe and parts of Africa and Asia. In much of the U.K., your view will be near total! (Oh, how I envy you. It won't be visible in the U.S. or Australia, I regret to say.)
For children who might read this, I have to add: Looking directly at the Sun during the eclipse could cause blindness or severe eye damage.
Eclipse information HERE
Watch a livestream broadcast of the event HERE
Edit: Slooh has redesigned their site. Here's an updated link for the livestream broadcast of the total solar eclipse: HERE
Any chance of at least one puppy picture :)?
Tapaidh now has her own instagram page as of yesterday, Starling and Lindy I hope to see another two spaniels get their own pages soon. Tapaidh can follow them
Lmac - You have lost me there I have no idea what instagram is. I will go and have a look see what I can find out.
© Scottish Wildlife Trust - Loch of the Lowes
Starling just a site for posting photos it is linked to Fb if you have that - I don't but have instagram. My own for sensible photos and Tapaidh_theworkingcocker for her adventures
I snapped a gorgeous dog at the Ferry today:
This handsome fella actually belongs to my ex-managing director, who keeps a fishing boat at the Ferry. You'll all be delighted to know the dog's name is Monty!
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Really cute, and the puppy's not bad, either, LOL!!!!!
Bonnie's so sweet! Your OH clearly had fun holding her.
Hallo all: Still recovering from trip and the busy time before I left but just wanted to say that Bonnie is adorable.