Saturday, December 18, 2010

Lunar-tic behavior...

...as a rare occurrence occurs in the wee hours of Monday Night and Tuesday morning: The winter solstice coincides with a total eclipse of the Moon for the first time in 456 years. Wiccans everywhere have perked up their ears....

All y'all can get the details here.

It has been a few years since the last eclipse I (or anyone else) saw....


Not such a swell shot, but I was making do with the equipment I had.

The next regular eclipse will occur sometime in 2014 if I remember correctly. Maybe I'll have a camera, lens and tripod capable of delivering quality moon-photos by then!

That doesn't mean I won't give it another try Monday night. Not promising any shots will appear here...the delete key may get to 'em before you do!
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5 comments:

  1. aka mag4:54 PM

    I plan on sleeping through the event. 3:30ish A.M. If I plan on getting up for it I won't...so I'm going the opposite route.

    Never know what may happen.

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  2. MrScribbler5:07 PM

    I dunno who you could ask about rescheduling the eclipse, but it might be worth a try....

    Inconvenient hour for such a thing, I must say!

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  3. Anonymous10:41 PM

    I've already got my alarm set on my phone for tomorrow night. My tripod is ready as is my camera. I'll post photos. Hope to see yours!

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  4. Anonymous2:01 AM

    I am really Glad i ran across this web site.Added mrscribbler.blogspot.com to my bookmark!

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  5. John0 Juanderlust1:11 PM

    Don't expect to catch it here--socal is overcast, rainy and windy non-stop the last few days and supposed t continue through wednesday. I fear the sky is falling

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