Total Solar Eclipse: 14 November 2012

[seej]

Raining here:(

[Manukau heads obs]

that wont last long..its clearing here on the west coast

[cbm]

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[seej]

yay!! suns out)

[cbm]

It has begun! Rapt with how well $50 binoculars from DSE and some household items are working

[jamie]

Dam we are really clouded over here

[Vertigo]

getting a great view at the moment, its about 20-30%

[Vertigo]

i should have posted earlier, but you can get free filter glasses from visique optometrists

[moylanr]

Flotilla of small clouds moving across from the east - maybe 2 octas over the next 2 hours.

[David]

So much cloud here and occasional brief showers, unlike what the forecast said

[Vertigo]

almost at maximum. there was a break in the clouds just now, looks wonderful

[Willoughby]

Just got back from the beach here in Milingimbi, Arnhem Land NT. Had quite a bit of coastal low cloud interupting the view, but we plunged back into almost total darkness after quite a bit of light. Couple of shots with it at partial just above the horizon. Wasn't possible at totality - annoying Cu in the way.

Amazing!!!! Your turn next!

[cbm]

Can feel it now. Full sun but just doesn't feel hot in it. Feels like a UK summer day.

[snowstormwatcher]

Cant see the actual eclipse here as I have no special viewing equipment, But the sunshine has gone really dull in the last 10mins or so.

[spwill]

Sunshine/cloud mix here. Went quite dark when the clouds moved across the sun and you could see the eclipse through the filtering of the cloud, feels cooler now as well.

[bmo]

Eclipse, pretty difficult to photograph

[jamie]

Really weird light at the moment. Went outside to take photos. Had passing cloud and was able to look at it through the clouds. Was about 90% blocked. Probably did damage to my eyes a bit but it looked amazing.

[happyviewer]

I spent my morning off work, standing in the garden wearing my husbands welding helmet watching the eclipse - quite spectacular, beautiful cloud free sky here in Rolleston, shame we could only see approximately half of it.

[cbm]

Right when eclipse was near maximum, sun was obscured by cloud, but in a clear patch about 20degrees NNW of the sun spotted this pinprick of light. Was only visable for a few seconds but had camera in hand. Thought I had missed it, but whohoo I got it. Trying to find a star chart to confirm that I saw Venus in daylight.

[moylanr]

Global Radiation trend in central Christhchurch: light green is 10 min avg showing effect of eclipse, dark green (instantaneous readings) shows effects of small clouds moving over.

Edit: Back up to 600 W/m^2 by 1111 hrs.

[bmo]

Eclipse slowly going away

[Willoughby]

Photo before cumulus-interrupted totality here from the Top End coast. 5:56 AM local time.

[TonyT]

Interesting to see that the eclipse knocked about 3-4 degrees off the temperature in Waipara this morning (Not a lot of wind about, so a very radiation driven thermal environment there this morning).

[bmo]

Noticed the same here 2 degree drop since the eclipse (14 to 12 degrees) started now back up to 16 degrees

[moylanr]

Small temperature dip in central Christchurch: