The 2015 Eclipse (That Never Was.)

A MAÑILENO'S LONDON ODYSSEY : 3

Last 20th of March 2015, there was a solar eclipse. It was meant to be seen and observed like this:

Taken from Svalbard, Norway. 

Image from here.

I have never seen an eclipse before, so I thought it would be best to try and spot it from the skies as I was on the way home. And that's when I recalled that I am still in London.

I uploaded it in my Facebook and captioned:

Reporting live for the Eclipse on this side of England. 

The sun is pretty covered 100%, amazing. #whatissun

That is straight from my phone. I think I was aiming at the sun. Or wherever it was at the time. So there I was standing for a few minutes and shrugged my shoulders and just 'watched' the eclipse from my twitter feed. Then the hilarity of it came shortly.

A friend of mine commented: It's daylight? It hasn't happened? That's cloud lol.

Few minutes later, a friend from Southampton shared me her fantastic view:

Eclipse from Southampton. Wow.

Fam sent me their take from Belfast:

Belfast solar eclipse. Astounding.

My twitter feed had a feast on this 'British Solar Eclipse.'

this solar eclipse is so british

— Patricia Hogsmith. (@ArchedEyebrowBR) March 20, 2015

I love that it was cloudy. It's just so *us*, you guys. #eclipse2015

— Jen Allison (@MsJenAllison) March 20, 2015

Our neighbour said she is "calling the council" about the eclipse. Best thing I have ever heard.

— athriftymrs.com (@AThriftyMrsUK) March 20, 2015

Even the media took a jab at it:

For those under cloudy skies - it looks a bit like this. #eclipse2015 pic.twitter.com/14mJLNcCcB

— BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) March 20, 2015

It was a great non-event where a score of people all felt losers at the same time.
But let's not fret, the next eclipse according to the scientists will be in 2026!

The next one? 2090!

Let's get ready shall we?

Image from here.

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