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
Got some pretty good photos in Edinburgh of the eclipse will post up tonight after work.
Hope you are all well. Nice to have you back from your hols Lindy hope you had a good time it seemed like you were away for ages.
Puppy day yippee yippee yahoo.......Hope its a good one Lindy x
OG I don't think so but can't be sure.
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
RSPB Giving Nature a Home
Lindy - nice to see you back and that you are looking forward to having the new puppy.
It was relatively clear here and saw the partial eclipse. Kept glancing up but only briefly. Tried to take quick pics but have come out as though the sun is fully shining. Not really got the proper equipment to take one.
Notice that the cam at LG is in a slightly different position so don't know whether they will turn it round or place it differently later in the season!!
HeatherB - glad your Dutch friends seem to be enjoying themselves. Do hope OH's scan is OK
We are back, and the house is now ruled by a couple of pounds of brown & white fur......... She was interested in everything on the way home, and wriggled on my lap most of the time. When we got back, my OH took her into the garden, where she performed immediately. However, this was swiftly followed by several accidents!! Thank goodness we didn't change the dining room carpet recently, but decided to wait :-D