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Showing posts with label Partial_Lunar_Eclipse. Show all posts
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Monday, June 04, 2012

Partial Lunar eclipse 4 June 2012

 I got a few images of tonight's partial lunar eclipse
from my front deck tonight.
It was so windy I had to lean against the front porch post,
open the aperture,
and increase the shutter speed.
Hand held.
 9:25:30 PM

 9:27:44 PM
I went back inside to watch Q and A - which was a disappointment.
Simon Crean made the complete "Goose" of himself, (which did not surprise me - I always thought he was a total "Goose", but some of my old left wing friends seemed think he was all right).
Barnaby Joyce kept offering him advice on PR. That's really bad!

When I came back out, this was the situation.
 10:31:34 PM
10:32:36 PM
 Then the sky went cloudy on me, once the moon returned to its full glory.

There are lots of things happening at present:
For example, there is a King Tide (linked to the full moon, no doubt). But coinciding with a strong East Coast Low, it could be higher than anticipated on the traditional tide charts.

Catch the nocturnal king tide

Then there is the forth-coming Transit of Venus on 6 June 2012.