Aug 28 2007

Lunar Eclipse Photos

Published by at 10:02 pm under Australia,random

Being a momentous occasion, I grabbed the trusty Olympus c-2100 Ultra Zoom and snapped a few photos of the lunar eclipse. Not great – but I thought I’d share them anyway. Pretty awesome event.

Lunar Eclipse 28th August blogpond.com.au

Sydney around 8.00 pm

Lunar Eclipse 28th August blogpond.com.au

Sydney around 8.30 pm

Lunar Eclipse 28th August blogpond.com.au

Sydney around 9.00 pm

14 responses so far

14 Responses to “Lunar Eclipse Photos”

  1. # nadineon 28 Aug 2007 at 10:34 pm

    Thanks those photos are pretty awesome. I stayed up to watch the eclipse here on the west coast of florida and saw nothing
    Thanks again
    I feel better now that I saw what you saw.

  2. # Megon 28 Aug 2007 at 10:43 pm

    Thanks Nadine

    Sorry you didn’t get to see anything :( I guess it’s the luck of the weather.

  3. # John Lampardon 29 Aug 2007 at 12:12 am

    We had a great view of the eclipse in Sydney didn’t we (for a change, hey?), it’s usually overcast or raining when these events occur! I saw it around 7:45 when there was just a crescent like shadow creeping over the lower part of the Moon’s face, and then again at 9pm when the eclipse was total. And blood red. A very gruesome sort of sight!

  4. # Christine Parfitton 29 Aug 2007 at 6:26 am

    Great photos. I watched it from Moffat Beach on the Sunshine Coast. We had clear skies and from your photos it looked pretty much the same as it did in Sydney :)

  5. # Leighon 29 Aug 2007 at 7:47 am

    They are great Meg. I tried to get some pics as it was covering up, but I am so hopless at driving my camera. Once it has covered I had no hope of focusing.

    I’m just glad I actually remembered to look at it *hehe*

  6. # Megon 29 Aug 2007 at 9:24 am

    Thanks guys :)

  7. # jenon 29 Aug 2007 at 9:35 am

    It was great here in Adelaide too, but I didn’t take any photos.

  8. # Bob Johnsonon 29 Aug 2007 at 9:50 am

    Way to go with the great pics!, we almost missed the eclipse here in Saskatoon, Sk. Canada because of rain, rained right through till 1:3oam, and then started right after around 6:00am.

  9. # Megon 29 Aug 2007 at 9:55 am

    Thanks Bob, but your photos are truly awesome – I should have fiddled more with the settings.

  10. # Sephyrothon 29 Aug 2007 at 9:59 am

    Great pics!

    We had good viewing weather, but I didn’t stay up to watch it; the height of the eclipse was around 5am my time :)

    Sephyroth
    http://www.sephyroth.net

  11. # Megon 29 Aug 2007 at 11:53 am

    Hi Sephyroth

    Can’t say I blame you!

  12. # laketreeson 29 Aug 2007 at 11:17 pm

    terrific shots Meg …. :)

  13. # Lavenderon 30 Aug 2007 at 9:32 am

    BRAVO! Great shots, your ultra zoom is really ultra good for this – well done!

  14. # CHESSNOIDon 13 Oct 2007 at 9:51 am

    Those are good shots of the lunar eclipse.
    Cheers!
    😉