{"id":3219,"date":"2015-03-20T11:57:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T10:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2015-03-20T11:57:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T10:57:22","slug":"the-moment-of-eclipse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/the-moment-of-eclipse\/","title":{"rendered":"The moment of eclipse"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’d been at work all night but decided to set an early alarm to see if the weather was being kind enough to allow a view of the eclipse. When I wandered to the window it was cloudy and my thoughts turned back to the land of nod, but Hugo was looking hopeful so I picked up the lead and my camera then headed out. I received regular texts from Julie that the sky was getting lighter and gaps appearing so I wandered a bit more, then the cloud parted just enough to see the eclipsed Sun.<\/p>\n

\"Through<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There wasn’t much time but I did see it reflected in the pond and thought it worth a quick shot.<\/p>\n

\"Reflected<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I’m not sure what Hugo thought of the whole event, but I’m claiming this as him showing some scientific curiosity.<\/p>\n

\"Even<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Unfortunately it was all too brief and the Sun was getting brighter as the eclipse moved on.<\/p>\n

\"Through<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I did manage one more of it reflected in the pond though \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"Reflected<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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