We had that tiny fragment of a solar eclipse two weeks ago, and true to form (in this case, orbital mechanics, though what they’re doing up there is anyone’s guess,) about ten hours ago we had a partial lunar eclipse. The weather forecast had called for rain developing in the evening and continuing
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Because it’s Monday (part one, maybe)
While the sky was cloudy earlier in the evening of the 4th, it (mostly) cleared to allow a couple of moon shot experiments, and I thought I’d throw one up here… with the possibility of a follow-up later on. It’s quarter to three AM right now on the morning of the 5th, the moon riding very high, but it will set about 10:30 AM and rise again about 9 PM, allowing
Ah, but the moon!
Buggato has, several times, avowed that he was going to be up, having fun shooting sunrise, while I had to go into work, but somehow I never see any sunrise pics on his blog. Odd, that. But this morning, up far earlier than intended, I had my chance. Only thing is, the sky is perfectly clear and thus rotten conditions for sunrise, which needs humidity and for preference scattered high-level clouds