Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Tracking the moon…..

Another of those global events that made me realise that the world is a fairly small place. Fiona had informed me that we were to have a red moon last night as a result of a total eclipse of the moon. Some folk know I'm a bit of a fan of the moon and on clear nights I sometimes take a photo opt two of full moons.

Last night Fiona and I shared the spectacle with many of our blog friends in various parts of the globe.

Earlier in the night we both took photos to capture the red moon. This proved to be a bit difficult because of light and cloud. But as you can see below, and might have seen on my Facebook, we did capture a few reasonable images of the eclipse.

©2014 Fiona-Barry - Red Moon
©2014 Fiona-Barry - Red Moon
©2014 Fiona Dempster - Partial eclipse
©2014 Fiona Dempster - Partial eclipse
To prove to myself that the camera was not playing up I took a series on photos at about 10pm, 12pm, 4am and 6am. For some reason I woke at 12midnight and 4am - so why not see what was happening; and by 6am we were up for exercise. So some of the photos are shown below in sequence starting with the cloud covered moon - the clouds covered the last bit of the eclipse; and ending with the early morning 'almost moonset'.

©2014 Barry Smith - A drift of clouds - halo moon
©2014 Barry Smith - A drift of clouds - halo moon
©2014 Barry Smith - Cool midnight moon
©2014 Barry Smith - Cool midnight moon
©2014 Barry Smith - The colours of moonset
©2014 Barry Smith - Setting moon
©2014 Barry Smith - Setting moon
I like how the craters of the moon appear to rotate as the moon goes from moonrise to moonset. I took a couple with the iPhone of the dawn moon and colour; and altered one - bit of fun.

©2014 Barry Smith - Setting moon using iPhone
©2014 Barry Smith - Setting moon - altered
©2014 Barry Smith - Setting moon - altered
That is probably more moon photos than any of us require?????

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8 comments:

  1. Suzi SmithApril 16, 2014 at 7:10 PM

    never too many! can you believe I didn't know about this til after??!! *sigh~v annoyed with self* but you2 have caught some great pics :-)

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  2. JenniferApril 16, 2014 at 10:37 PM

    Wow!!! Showed the little urchins and John your photos. We're all in awe.

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  3. DebbieApril 17, 2014 at 2:12 AM

    Wow how come I didn't know about this, our moon looked perfectly normal at one o clock this morning but then is your night the same as our night. I get confused with all the hour ahead stuff.

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  4. Jo MurrayApril 17, 2014 at 4:42 AM

    It was an extraordinary event and you captured it beautifully. We had a great view too....but no photos.

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  5. PennyApril 17, 2014 at 8:13 AM

    Wasnt it incredible, I was coming home and didnt know it was on until I arrived home and John showed it to me. Great photos.

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  6. Velma BolyardApril 17, 2014 at 9:32 AM

    no moon visible in the great white (again) north, but thank YOU for the photos!

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  7. BarryApril 17, 2014 at 7:55 PM

    SS, J, D, JM, P & V - I just think it is so cool that we can share our vistas in this way, Some of us forget; some of us have cloud ; and etc - but a few of us can see, capture and shares - it is a great world and a great mini community. SS - I thought you would lead the charge!! J - so gl;ad yopu could share with John and the urchins. D - I must say I laugh at the it looked perfectly normal at 1pm. JM - the clod was thin at the right time. P - I'm pleased to hear that John was on to it. I must say I might have missed it if Fiona had not alerted me to it. V - you still seem tone having more white than it good. All - go well and enjoy the beauty that abounds. B

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  8. DebbieApril 21, 2014 at 2:11 AM

    Oh dear I think I meant 1am, said I wasn't much good with time.

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