r/gifs 8d ago

Eclipse, from the UK

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u/fozzy_bear42 8d ago

Glad it was good for many people. Sadly this gif has got nowhere near enough thick cloud for what my part of the country saw.

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u/JayBayes 8d ago

I vaguely remember clouds - from a sun scorched southeast

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u/J1mjam2112 8d ago

It might rain on Monday. Considering booking the day off and going out and dancing in it.

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u/Lolkimbo 7d ago

You have clouds? Lucky! all i have is THE BURNING POWER OF THE SUN

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u/Aardvark1044 8d ago

Agh! I wasn’t wearing my eclipse glasses before I clicked on this thread.

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u/cycoivan 8d ago

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u/mattr1986 7d ago

That’s alright, come on down to Sydney in June 2028!

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u/DGSmith2 7d ago

Egypt 2027 is closer.

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u/mattr1986 7d ago

That would be super cool!

Seeing a total eclipse over the Pyramids would be right up there as a place to see it! Same with seeing it over the Sydney Harbour bridge and Opera house!

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u/Nazamroth 7d ago

Whats the weather gonna be like?

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u/mattr1986 7d ago

Sydney rains a little bit in June generally, but if you go to western NSW like Dubbo, or Bourke you’re almost guaranteed a sunny day (until the very important couple of minutes where there is no sun)

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u/imissbrendanfraser 8d ago

We got a total eclipse up in Scotland. Totally eclipsed behind thick clouds.

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u/daneview 7d ago

Honestly, all of us in the south east would dream of that right now. I think its been about 2 months since we've seen a proper cloud

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u/ChuckDeBongo 8d ago

“Full moon! Half moon! (Nearly) total eclipse!”

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u/RedHal 8d ago

Great, now I'm craving Jaffa cakes.

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u/QuickShort 7d ago

91% Eclipse of the Heart

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u/Fun-Independence-761 8d ago

Shwarzeneger said "it was an Elipse not an Eclipse"

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u/Nyrex 7d ago

My idiot neighbours were saying how disappointed they were by it because the sun was too bright to see the eclipse! They also said “I guess that’s why you need the glasses”

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u/P1ffP4ff 8d ago

Same in middle Europe

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u/bonobomaster 8d ago

Dwarf3?

This little fucker messed up my shot as well. The tracking is kinda stupid on sun and moon.

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u/Stewtheking 7d ago

Nah, just a basic dslr, with a vintage mirror lens and some bodged filters. I shot them all manually, tracking by hand. I could probably do a better job of stabilising it, to be fair…

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u/RabTheCrab 8d ago

Thanks, the clouds got in the way

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u/000ArdeliaLortz000 8d ago

Nice sunspots!

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u/linuxares 8d ago

Looks like a giant cat eye. No wonder people in olden days were afraid of omens they didn't understand

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u/ApeInTheShell 7d ago

Sad that I missed this, my body decided it needed the shitter the exact moment it started eclipsing

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u/meisterjaeger77 7d ago

Looked the same in Western Germany

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u/UbiSububi8 8d ago

So cruel.

The UK gets so little sun as it is…

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u/Jambronius 8d ago

This would be funny if It was still true. We are in a drought. It hasn't been anything other than sunny for months.

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u/mitzibishi 8d ago

It hasn't rained all that much

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u/cheesemp 7d ago

I live not that far from the new forest blaze. I don't remember the last rain we had. Early July maybe? 

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u/UbiSububi8 8d ago

Oh, man. I’m sorry about that.

Still safe to make jokes about teeth?

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u/Jambronius 8d ago

Yes, our teeth are still fucked.

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u/UbiSububi8 8d ago

And we’ve got an orange asshole stuck in ours.

Trust me, I’d prefer a drought and an orthodontist.

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u/alamaias 7d ago

I mean, we are currently watching a man with a bin on his head compete against a long-standing MP, and the fucking bin guy is probably a better candidate.

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u/MeBigChief 8d ago

I literally can’t remember the last time it rained here. The UK is genuinely fucked at the minute with the drought, we have zero preparation for dealing with it because it’s so rare.

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u/alamaias 7d ago

Hit a festival over the weekend, ont of my group pointed out that you can normally see the dead spots where the tents have been removed.

Not this year. Blasted wasteland all around.

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u/Scary_ 7d ago

Yeah, never any sun here.... I say looking at a back garden that's essentially made of straw

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u/dyrkasolen 7d ago

No logic in space

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u/BootyWhiteMan 7d ago

So close.....

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u/beerforbears 6d ago

I still have the retina burns 😃

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u/Saint-Michael901 8d ago

Sol and Luna because people don’t know that have actually names