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This one had passed me by until this morning when I saw it in the paper. The area of totality will be well north (Iceland so lots of the UK will be pretty dark). I have found data that says Grenoble will have a max obscuration of 68% which IIRC is a little less than I experienced in Fife in 1999 - when it was quite spooky. In local time it will all start at 0920 and be over at 1139 (again at Grenoble). Has any sH experienced this before in the mountains; I imagine it will be pretty spooky and (providing its sunny) there should be some great photo opportunities. If its cloudy it may well be a bit dark to ski!!
Grenoble data here:
http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/0112015/Grenoble_France_2015Mar20.png
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'll be up a mountain a little east of Grenoble. Shall take my decent camera up that day.
In 1999 I was in Normandy where it was 100%. Cloud came over shortly before obscuring much of it but it went completely dark. I think I still have some photos somewhere.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@chocksaway, thanks for that - I had no idea. Will try to arrange to be up a mountain with a camera!
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Thanks for the heads-up -- I shall be in Les Arcs that week ; Gonna make sure to see it 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Oooh thanks, I will be in Val d'Isere that week! 
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@chocksaway, thanks for that.
More info here and here.
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It will be cool to experience it in the mountains, but bear in mind that the eclipse will actually be much stronger in the UK!
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Bump - Friday!!
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Bad light or night goggles 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Even better on the NYM!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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How is your view? So exciting, but unfortunately I'm in NE England, but we are gonna have a 90-95% eclipse 😀
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I'm not expecting it to get very dark at all - but maybe I'll be surprised. Even a bit of a sun gives a lot of light.
I'm a bit confused about the dire warnings about not looking at the sun. I have no special filters or anything so won't be "gazing" at it, for sure. But in the course of normal events I will squint up at the sun as it emerges from a cloud and I frequently sit out in the sun without sun glasses. Not gazing at it, but not turning my back either. As people have for millennia.
Some of the warnings suggest that if you look anywhere near the sun during an eclipse you will regret it - a bit like a werewolf getting a glimpse of the moon.
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You know it makes sense.
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@pam w, 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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We've been having a good view in the Pyrenees too; about 78% totality I believe, and the old pinhole camera technique has been working out well. We even managed to get a camera photo or two (through two stacked ski goggles!). The light went a bit strange, noticeable less intensity than the typical light for the time of day... it felt a bit like evening sun. It's on its way back to normal now.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm NOT in the Alps  but in NW England and it went pretty dark around 9.30 but only in the way it would if a storm was brewing - we've low cloud too so not very exciting here
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Clouds cleared here around 11ish and I was able to get a view on the end of the eclipse but not a photo.
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described by a BBC correspondent at a school in Leceister as a "once in a lifetime experience" for these school kids. Sounds a bit pessimistic given the next partial is in 2026.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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A tad harsh indeed. The next proper Total eclipse in the UK is September 23rd 2090, around 6pm or so - put it in your calendar now!
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Just felt like I was skiing early evening as opposed to mid morning here. Didn't get any photos although I managed a few glimpses of the event, my group of kids were too interested in keeping on skiing than stopping to look at the sun...
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We went over to Val Thorens. Lovely clear skies. And found friendly lifties at the top of Masse-1 who had a welder's mask and allowed us to use it, so got excellent view the black disk moving across the sun. It did get a bit darker for a time, bit not really any different from what clouds do - except we didn't have any
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Cloudy in Chamonix and didn't notice it as I snivelled my way up a tour with an ever worsening case of manbola
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