I've had a long standing delight in witnessing solar and lunar eclipses. It all started in 2011 when we got up at some crazy hour in the morning to see
Lunar Eclipse {16 June 2011} this in turn started a quest to know when the next Solar eclipse in Australia would be. This resulted in our journey to
Queensland in 2012 during which time we experienced
a total Solar Eclipse. Last year we took a trip to Ballarat to see the
Annular Solar Eclipse {10 May 2013}. Today we had the privilege of witnessing a lunar eclipse at sunset over the bay in Melbourne.
To start the evening the sun painted the most spectacular sunset behind us
We were disappointed as we gazed out over
Port Philip Bay in Melbourne as there was a large bank of clouds across the bay. But still we hoped that the prevailing wind would clear it in time for us to see the Blood Moon. Paul and Sir N set up their camera's on tripods and I scanned the horizon using my phone app
The Night Sky.
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| There's the moon just below the horizon |
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| Preparing to capture the Blood Moon |
We waited patiently and then all of a sudden there before us. Unfortunately not very clear due to the cloud cover.
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| Blood Moon with Mars to the left and Melbourne lights below over Port Philip Bay |
We watched for another hour as the red faded and was replaced by the suns rays of light reflected back at us.
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| The Blood Moon is fading as the moon reflection returns |
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| Almost half way back |
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| Just over half way |
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| Three quarters back |
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| Just a smidgen to go |
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| The moon in her full glory reigning over the night sky |
Here are two of Sir N's captures
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| Taken by Sir N |
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| Taken by Sir N |
For more information
The next lunar eclipses will be
The next Annular Solar Eclipse
Did you see the blood Moon last night ? If you did what did you think ? If you blog and shared some pictures please leave me a link I'd love to see your photographs.
Blessings
Chareen
