Thursday, 1 February 2018

Eclipse?

This will be my shortest post for a long time. Last night, there was supposed to be a spectacular eclipse of the moon, especially visible in Australia where it occurred at mid-night. What's so spectacular about such an event? Well, it was supposed to be a combination of a Blue Moon, a Red Moon and a big moon (closer to the earth than usual). So Max and I waited up late to see this unusual combination, which has apparently not come together in North America for about 150 years.

We were bitterly disappointed. And why? Well, Armidale was swathed in dense cloud that only occasionally parted. We saw nothing of the eclipse itself, but I did catch one sight of the moon before earth encroached on its domain. And here it is:


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