Eclipse redux...

[alexpgp]

When I went outside last night at around 9 pm, there were high clouds in the sky that did not obscure the Moon, but did block out any other celestial objects that might otherwise be seen on a clear night.

By the time the Earth, Moon, and Sun were colinear, at around 10 pm local time, the sky had cleared up to the extent that I could make out Saturn to the left of the Moon and a star (Regulus?) above it. The Moon was a sort of a pinkish-peach color, and although I tried taking photographs, none of them came out worth a flip ("See that pink dot?")

One of these days, I'm going to get a digital SLR with a zoom lens.

Cheers...

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[love337.livejournal.com]

no pics? :( it was raining here.
it was snowing in pagosa.
drew called me this morning to say he pulled over during the night on his way back to pagosa, and through the clouds got a really great view of the nearly invisible moon. what a lucky punk!

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Pics I have, but as I mentioned, they don't look like much. Attempts to zoom in on the moon resulted in an overexposed pinkish round spot in the picture, and since modern digital cameras pretty much insist on being in control when you take pictures, there's not much that can be done.

Cheers...