Guess what took place on Saturday night (03/03).. Lunar Eclipse!

Am I like..the only one who's excited about it? yeah, i know it happens far too frequently (unlike the solar eclipse), but still, it's pretty cool! It's such a strange co-incidence.. how I got to know about it.

Earlier that evening, happen to note to ter about how big & bright the moon was, juz before we went to the comp labs. Was suppose to stay there throughout the night, but there was some virus in the computer, and I went home instead (didn't want to get my files infected). On my way back, I saw that the moon looked partially blocked, but still, I took no special note of it.

Back home, I logged on BBC news as usual.. hey presto! Lunar Eclipse that night! and all i had to do, is glance out the window and there is was, in full splendor. Thank god guildford isn't full of bright lights like singapore~ thank god my room was in the right direction! thank god too, that the eclipse ended just before it got hidden behind the building.

Anyway, got my buddy terrence & stephen all excited about this eclipse toO! and I did promise to share the photos on my blog, so here they are:











Snapped at 10.12pm. The eclipse started at 8.18pm where it enters the penumbra, so i'm actually 2 hours late! It entered the umbra at 9.30pm. Well, it takes a while for the moon to get 'bitten' more and more so it's really not all that bad..!

(also, I didn't realise my digicam could zoom in x12, hence the very small moon :P )
But if you double-click and zoom in, the moon's actually 'cut' already!

























Left: Taken at 10.45pm.
Proper zoomed in shot.

Right: Taken at 10.51pm






















Left: Taken at 11.03pm. Realised that the air in guildford smells really sweet! The bright yellow wildflowers 4-storeys straight below my window, are blooming beautifully.

Right: Taken at 11.12pm























Left: Taken at 11.19pm

Right: Taken at 11.26pm. Totality! (Total eclipse of the moon)

























Left: Taken at 11.27pm

Right: Taken at 11.30pm















And after almost 30+ shots, my fingers were so cold from sticking it out of the window to snap the photos, my left leg started cramping and I was getting a little tired. Thank god the moon start to move out of the position of total eclipse. And I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when it started getting brighter! *laughs*














Left: Taken at 11.40pm

Right: Taken at 11.43pm
























Left: Taken at 11.50pm

Right: Taken at 11.56pm















So therein lies my 1st photographed lunar eclipse! Didn't really get to enjoy those in singapore, due to the bright lights. But I really did get a kick out of this one.
It was fabulous ( :

Labels: Lunar Eclipse 2007