[plug] So did anyone see the Eclipse????

[Colin Rothnie]

At Cooljarloo (200 km N of Perth, but still south of the main "eclipse 
zone") the sky went quite dark and all the dappled shadows turned into 
crescents. There was also an interesting "shimmer" on the ground that 
looked like shadows of fast wind-blown smoke (there was obviously nothing 
like that visible in the atmosphere, we had our typical clear February 
sky).  The direction of movement of these "shadows" appeared to change as 
the eclipse went on.  The effect was noticed by all those watching the 
eclipse on our pinhole camera, about ten in all.

It surprised me that even with 90% + of the sun obscured, it was still 
relatively bright (comparable perhaps to  overcast conditions) and you 
certainly couldn't look directly at the sun.

I am amused that in Lancelin (where I live) some parents kept children at 
home all day rather than send them to school and let them be exposed to the 
dangers of looking at the sun.

Reporter on the scene...
Colin Rothnie

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