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UK partial eclipse as seen through a colander perched on a gate post (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by CelloMike@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world
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[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 45 points 1 day ago

a colander perched on a gate post

Which Was The Style At The Time

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was too cloudy to see it here, and it feels extra insulting to know we had less sun than the UK

[–] CelloMike@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

You can have it back, we've had far too much

Hasn't rained where I am in literally months

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cool! My colander didn't really work.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

did you update the firmware?

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I mean, it's pretty old.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably forgot to renew their solar tier subscription.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Lucky, I need a subscription just to get the holes to open

[–] erictile@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

😉

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Try unplugging it, counting to 60 and then using it to strain some pasta.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Was it filled with water?

[–] Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm in Reykjavík we got the total eclipse. It was cloudy 🙂

[–] ADTJ@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

I travelled to Spain to see the total eclipse and it was cloudy. My next door neighbour in UK had a better view

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

How do we know this isn't just a really cool looking colander?

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Take my money.

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

You can see something similar standing under a tree with a nice canopy. Looks pretty.

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 6 points 1 day ago

Thank you for sharing!

I have a wonderful memory of making viewing boxes with friends for a previous eclipse. This made me think of that.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago

They tried that at the meetup at our local planetary observatory.
Didn't work for some reason, though.

But they also had the more serious stuff lined up, so got some great views!

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 23 hours ago

So lucky! How high in the sky was it for you? I'm in Prague and couldn't see it because it was literally like 2⁰ above the horizon 😥

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

I managed to do the same by making a small gap between my fingers. Then went back to looking at it with eclipse glasses.