I just looked at one of mine and yes, the reflection shows it.
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Just saw some amazing shooting stars with my youngest. Between 11:10 and 11:30. A really bright pink flash/streak, then a normal one then one with a grey tail.
All three streaked from right to left towards the great bear/plough/big dipper or whatever it’s called these days. Really glad we went out, even if the best is later on.
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We’re just back; someone needed to accompany our youngest. Saw quite a few, but not sure if it’s going to get better.
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I was at swim training at Eastbourne College until 7pm so we finished a bit early and all went out onto the cricket field to watch it.
Talk about an anticlimax! It barely got dark at all, still a fair amount of birdsong. This was despite no cloud cover and a perfect view.
I then spent nearly an hour getting home fighting all the traffic of the hordes coming down from Beachy Head.
Humbug!
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The lack of “darkness” is more about marvelling at the suns power rather than a disappointment at what didn’t happen. Quite incredible that 90% can be blocked and we still had light and warmth and the world carried on.
That’s the scientist in me. And you can understand why everyone is trying to “harness the power of the sun”.
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Tbh I think it gets over-hyped because the media have something ‘positive’ to talk about other than the hum-drum of politics & the economy. As a result the eclipse & meteor shower were not quite what most of us imagined.
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Technically at 0% (post sunset) it still lights the sky for ages in the height of summer.
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I was being a bit tongue in cheek - my grumpiness was more related to the trouble getting home and the god awful parking and road blocking up on Beachy Head.
I also missed the 1999 one as I was working and stuck inside!
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Groan 
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All we need to do is install a shield at the Lagrange point and our drought/global warming is solved! What could go wrong?
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