![]() Someone outside of The Feathers Inn in Stocksfield, UK captured the image at right (click the image for a larger view) of the eclipse being projected through a pasta strainer. Ramsden, the main man behind the great Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project. Image courtesy of .įrom the “I wouldn’t have ever thought of that” department, and as an even more fun aside, the following image came across my Facebook feed courtesy of Stephen W. It is my suspicion that many a google’er came across one article or another from Barlow Bob in their solar searches, and we’re happy to have a few of his articles hosted here for others to find as the upcoming eclipses occur.īarlow Bob as captured at NEAF. I’ve no idea if the Sunspotter is a big hit in Europe or if people were simply searching frantically for anything solar safety and eclipse-related, but the numbers (for the 20th, anyway), don’t lie. The large number of visitors (219) all seemed to favor a single page – the late, great Barlow Bob’s two articles on the benefits and use of the Sunspotter. A noticeable bump that returned to normal on the 23rd. ![]() On March 20th, we spiked like gamma ray burst, reaching 328 visitors. The March 20th total eclipse over the UK and Northern Europe was certainly evidence of that, with video, aerial video, and thousands and thousands of pictures taken (see the gallery on this eclipse’s wikipedia page for a nice summary).Īs a fun aside, the visit summary for the last few weeks is shown below, courtesy of our WordPress Jetpack plug-in.Īs you can see, we’re usually in the 50’s and 60’s every day (mostly directed from search engines). It’s almost impossible in today’s super-connected world to not see astronomical events, even when they’re several time zones away. ![]()
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