The total lunar eclipse of 27th July 2018 was the longest eclipse this century, with the totality phase lasting a whopping 138 minutes! And for an extra treat, with the moon looking red, planet Mars was right next to the moon in all its red glory! Looking south, a little further to the right of…
It’s every photographer’s dream to get a shot such as this. And this morning, I managed to shoot this! 🙂 Now that’s what I call perfect timing! (click on the photos below to enjoy the large size pictures) For the next plane that came along a few minutes later, the sun already stood too high…
I was so fortunate to witness this amazing phenomenon this morning – photo taken from my balcony. For those interested, this is called a 22° Halo and it is produced by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere…
My photos of last night’s supermoon lunar eclipse. I stayed up for it from 1am to 5am, and even though my fibro/RA pain is killing me right now (which was expected) and I’m feeling nauseous and my coordination is out the window, it was oh so worth it! After all, the next total lunar eclipse…
Since everybody is talking and tweeting about the solar eclipse this morning, Spider thought he´d want a piece of the action too…. so here he is in his natural cat-ecliptic state! And this is the original picture of this morning´s partial solar eclipse…
Don´t forget, folks! Get yourself out to a really really dark location tonight after midnight to watch the Perseids, best seen in the Eastern sky (along with the brilliant Venus, Jupiter and the crescent moon) an hour or so before dawn. Last year I was freezing my a*se off watching this and only managed to…