Stripey Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 yeah look out the window right now, the moon is half eclipsed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew. Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 and now, reddish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Yes...we watched it for a while, but unfortunately there was a big cloud overhead, so the impact was lessened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 that sort of thing freaks me out.just went outside to look and its all eire. makes me thinking something bad is going to happen or someone was going to jump out on me.its clear skies here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey Posted March 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 that sort of thing freaks me out.just went outside to look and its all eire. makes me thinking something bad is going to happen or someone was going to jump out on me.its clear skies herelike a leprechaun perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Starclusk Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 like a leprechaun perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 it was pretty cool. we watched it down here with clear skies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neutral Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 I have photos from various stages, will post tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey_sc Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 It was such an anti-climax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 It was such an anti-climax.Yeah I was pretty dissapointed too. Just One light amoungst thousands going out in the City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 um, not really...the entire moon was engulfed in the earth's shadow. how can you not be even a little impressed by that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 um, not really...the entire moon was engulfed in the earth's shadow. how can you not be even a little impressed by that?I was a little excited when it started. And by the time it fully engulfed the Moon I was hoping for a lunar ring around the planet that was covering it. but no. Just darkness. I can get the same excitment in a cupboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tickle Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 This is when I wish I had a super duper camera, I thought it was an amazing sight to watch though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvin Starclusk Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 I was a little excited when it started. And by the time it fully engulfed the Moon I was hoping for a lunar ring around the planet that was covering it. but no. Just darkness. I can get the same excitment in a cupboard!Err, you are aware of which planet was "covering" it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Err, you are aware of which planet was "covering" it???Nope!Does that make me ignorant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Nope!Does that make me ignorant? iT waS'Nt A plAnNET!!!! IT waS a CUvEr Up bY Teh CIA!!!!cUMM oN PeEPle!!! I'tS oBVioUS!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Nope!Does that make me ignorant? Clue: You're standing on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camie Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 iT waS'Nt A plAnNET!!!! IT waS a CUvEr Up bY Teh CIA!!!!cUMM oN PeEPle!!! I'tS oBVioUS!!!!!!A bit harsh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Yes...we watched it for a while, but unfortunately there was a big cloud overhead, so the impact was lessened.Yup, I'm just along the road from you so I guess I would have been viewing from about the same angle, couldn't see anything so went back inside to watch Match of the Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I was a little excited when it started. And by the time it fully engulfed the Moon I was hoping for a lunar ring around the planet that was covering it. but no. Just darkness. I can get the same excitment in a cupboard!You thought that another planet had moved between the earth and the moon?! Saturn maybe?And it wasn't just darkness. it went an eerie Martian red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jf9tp2wd40 Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 i watched it from belmont street as it almost became fully covered, but when i got back to emmol it looked AMAZING much more reddish and bright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Pel Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 I missed this on the night due to be locked in a room with rowdy teenagers, got a text at 4am but couldn't be fooked getting up.Didn't it turn red or something aswell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Ascension Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Did I read correctly that someone thought another planet was eclipsing the moon? As in a planet being BETWEEN the Earth and the moon? oh dear.....So for ignorant people: during a total lunar eclispe - the moon's orbit bring it into the Earth's umbral shadow (as in the Earth blocks all direct sunlight from reaching the moon.I say direct sunlight, because the Earth's atmosphere reFRACTS light from the sun towards the moon, but only light in the orange/red wavelength's is of a long enough wavelength for this refraction to occur (this is the reason the sky is blue, all the shorter wavelenghts are scattered in the atmosphere...).So during totality the moon appears an orange or blood red colour and is quite spectacular to watch!Now you know, the next one is 21st February next year i believe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherine Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 This is when I wish I had a super duper camera, I thought it was an amazing sight to watch though.this reminds me of a jaffa cake advert.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodyRATM Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 this reminds me of a jaffa cake advert....hehe"full moon, half moon, total eclipse" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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