To see the partial eclipse this evening, we went up to Copper Lane behind us, looking out to St Agnes and the sea and caught it in the holes of a colander! The light went to dusk for a while, a strange, eerie light with sunset still two hours away. The rooks went crazy, cawing and flying into the rookery but came out again only a few minutes later when it all got brighter again.
The eclipse starting
The strange light
The rookery
The eclipse moving on
The last partial eclipse was in March 2015. You can see the post here.
Julian Summerhayes
August 13, 2026 at 5:21 am
I was expecting a total blackout but it wasn’t quite that. I had to juggle a few fences in the way but manged to see something.
Heyjude
August 12, 2026 at 10:13 pm
I wasn’t very successful with a pinhole. But the light was very strange and everything was still. I guess you really do need those glasses.
mybeautfulthings
August 16, 2026 at 6:26 pm
I think so too but, hey ho, we did what we could! 🙂
utesmile
August 12, 2026 at 9:13 pm
Wow you got a great picture with the colander. I tried as well with one and the sun disappeared behind houses when it happened. Shame . So I watched it on the Greenwich live stream. Xx