[plug] OT: Lunar eclipse

[Ari Finander]

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From: J Michael Gilks <mike at gilks1.com>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 04:07:14 +0800
To: PLUG <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Subject: [plug] Lunar eclipse

> The baby woke up just now and by the time we got him back to sleep I had 
> remembered the total eclipse this morning so we went out for a look.
> Sally was taking photoswhen we had a good idea.
> Someone might have a live feed to a camera on the internet. So we hit google 
> looking for photos of total lunar eclipses.
> 
> Does it mean I am becoming a geek if rather than seeing it live, in its 
> natural glory, I want to look it up on the internet. Scary stuff,
> 
> Anyway, it is very impressive. Just hit totality, bit is still bright on one 
> edge. Have to wait for 0430, middle eclipse, for it to be really dark. All 
> downhill after that.

It was quite nice. I woke up the Mrs and even she was happy that I dragged her out of bed in the cold for it. I only wish I had a tripod and a better understanding of using my Canon Digital camera!

Ari
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