Images of the Solar Eclipse from the Alps

Images of the Solar Eclipse from the Alps

We start in Switzerland at the Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station.

Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri

Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri

Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri

Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri

Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri

Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri

Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri

Jungfraujoch Top of Europe Station, Image c/o David Birri

Here’s the French ski resort of  Tignes:

 

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Les Menuires:

 

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La Rosiere, France:

The solar eclipse in the Austrian Alps – experienced high above Großarl in Salzburger Land, Austria.

Nendaz, Switzerland:

Some PlanetSKI readers may be wondering which mountain our editor, James Cove, was up watching the once-in-a-generation celestial spectacle.

He wasn’t up a mountain.

He was up a hill.

A small hill in Richmond Park in SW London.

PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.

PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.

With his colander, as advised by the so-called experts on the BBC.

PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.

PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.

“I wasn’t the only one who had turned to a kitchen draw for the advised correct viewing equipment, and none of us could use it to good effect,” said James.

“There were dozens of us with our kitchen colanders and bits of white paper.

“But we did have a good laugh trying and we all thought the advice was utter bolloc*s whichever way round you held it!”

PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.

PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.

“I then deployed the PlanetSKI i-phone with better, but not very professional, results,” James added.

PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.

PlanetSKI watches the solar eclipse. Image © PlanetSKI.

“All in all though it was a great experience and the swift reduction in light was somewhat odd.”

More to follow.

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