Vampire Moon
So tonight Australia enjoyed a total lunar eclipse. The last time I saw one of these was in 2000. This time I had a better camera, but still not as good as I would like for this sort of thing. And, I left my tripod at home, so I had the camera sat on top of a wheelie bin. doh!
The moon on its way to being eclipsed
The moon mostly eclipsed
Very close now
Quite dark, harder to focus, and quite red
The lower edge is brightening up now
Sunlight returns
Half way back
Mostly back
Unfortunately at this point I needed to change batteries, only to find that my spare battery was also completely flat.. mega doh! So now I'm without camera for the rest of my time here. Will have to steal Stu's methinks.
I got a whole lot, I had a picnic in the rail corridor in the tall grass, coffee, timtams and cheese snacks. A great night. Will upload on photobucket
August 29, 2007 12:17 AMI was thinking the last one I saw was around 8 years ago... though this one was at a very convenient time for sydneysiders.
August 29, 2007 8:35 AM