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We went to Sydney Park which was full of dinks from the nearby apartments with beer and wine, and families with kids and dogs. Great atmosphere.
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I’m so completely jealous. That would have been fantastic to see.
At least you’ll get to see the next one in Febuary 2008, Mick. We all miss out on that one.
Around our area people were emerging from their homes to have a look. The balmy weather and clear skies were perfect for viewing.
Even given how spectactular the eclipse was, the moon was still an amazing sight this morning. Around 5:50, the moon was hanging low and large in west, eclpse long gone, a lovely golden colour with a shimmering reflection of Brisbane Waters. Absolutely stunning and a perfect sequel to the eclipse.
Ah yes, the weather issue - you might like to see if you can finagle a trip to Spain or Northern Africa for a better chance of a clear sky, Mick.
I saw it at the Brisbane Powerhouse, overlooking the river. Great backdrop for Politics at the Pub.
Looked good in Adelaide. I’d forgotten that it went red, I thought it would just black out.
Like Shaun I saw the moon later in the night - 1:45 after being woken by a phone call (wrong number, but I’ve rarely rung a right number at that time). So bright I that if my brother were still at home, we could have played cricket in the backyard.
I was reminded elsewhere that even though not all of us might see them every time, lunar eclipses are still not as rare as a Blue Moon, although a blue moon isn’t as spectacular.
Tigtog - methinks I have little chance of seeing clear skies at anytime in the next 6 months. I reckon it’d look really good from above the cloudline in the Alps. Maybe I can rustle up a trip back to Innsbruck in February…
I watched it from my backyard in Armidale. Fantastic. Even missed The Bill to watch. After all it doesn’t come round that often.
The ancient Romans believed the blood moon presaged the fall of great men and empires. Does this mean its appearance in our skies has some relevance for the forthcoming Federal election?
Was spectacular in canberra, and watching it over Parliament gave me a very warm feeling of presaging the fall of great men, as you say, Paul.
Was actually kind of disappointing from Brunswick - you could barely see any trace of colour.
Probably should have headed out of town for a look.
Dear Tim,
Glad I wasn’t the only one who felt that way. Not being over-superstitious, I put it down to a binge-read I did of the Roman and Greek classics about twenty years ago.
By the way, does anybody know what happened in The Bill last night?
Western subs (Melbourne) were completely clouded over. Disappointed.
SE Melbourne not much better Helen.
although I guess we can’t complain too much about this ‘winter’ weather we’re having.
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Beautiful, though unlike a couple of years ago, the clouds weren’t swept away at the height of it.
My five y.o. daughter, onto her second lunar eclipse, kept chanting ‘The moon is severe’. I thought she was being poetic, till she explained she meant ‘it’s round, like a ball’. ‘V’s and ‘ph’s got a little muddled in the excitement.
Robert, that’s odd. Looked tops from Northcote.
Although the one I saw was arisin’, not arising.
Paul Burns and Tim, Shakespeare too.
(Julius Caesar, I,III,28-36)
“The moon is severe.” I quite like that. “It’s round, like a ball” is wonderful, too. If you put them together, like so…
The moon is severe.
It’s round, like a ball,
you get the beginnings of a lovely little poem, something in the vein of e.e. cummings, perhaps.
Sounds like you’ve got a marvelous budding talent in your family! I hope you’ll encourage her!
We stopped training for five minutes to have a look at it.
People were out of their houses watching. Didn’t stay out for the whole thing, but kept going out. There were whispy clouds, then it was brilliant. Two jets flew under the sight on their way to the airport. What a picture it would have made. It all looked eerie.
Several of us went to a friend’s place, way out in the rural area, completely free from any light pollution. Not a cloud in sight, we saw the whole thing, while getting pleasantly pissed. Very nice evening.
Better than anything on the idiot box.
Dear Liam,
You can always trust Shakespeare to be up to date.
Straight from North’s translation of Plutarch.
I think there’s similar stuff in some of the Crusader chronicles, and, though I might be wrong here, the Venerable Bede. For milleniums we have all been transfixed by blood moons.
Sadly, clouds ruined the magic for Perth. Outside I went, time and again, to catch a glimpse, but didn’t get a sighting till it was high in the sky and only half-covered. Bah and humbug.
Paul and Liam, it’s teh Shakespeare refs what triggered the thoughts for me!
And, I have to say, the feeling ’round our fair capital is that, red moon or no, there’s changes afoot.
Got a nice clear slot in the northeast suburbs of Melbourne which coincided with totality - started to cloud over almost as soon as it was over. Combining the astronomical with the political, I watched it whilst walking the streets doing a pre-election letterbox drop.
Am over the moon about the beautiful red lunar eclipse. And about being surrounded by the sound, over the neighbouring fences, of parents outside with their kids, handing around binoculars. The gasps of breath as the last sliver of silver disappeared. What a special night.
The view from Keating Towers was fantastic.
What blew me away was how damn spherical it looked without all the glare, which makes it so 2-d.
I can see how it was a breakthrough moment for Galileo - the shadow of the earth on the moon must have really given the game away.
The Powerhouse terrace was a pretty spiffy place to see it from!
That would have been pretty fab Mark.
Looked great from my front yard. I even took a few photos of it to post in my blog, but they are not nearly as nice as the professional photos people have been posting (would love to blame my consumer-level camera, but astrophotography no doubt involves more skill than I have anyway).
It was just such a lovely sight (although not quite as spectacular as the recent comet visit
Historically anyone who’d previously seen what I witnessed last night could never believe that the moon was a disc. The colouring showed a globe! Wow!!