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Title: Big Red Moon
Post by: speewa158 on June 15, 2011, 05:57:26 PM
Early tomorrow morn the moon will pass behind the behind the Earth . With all the vocanic dust around it should provide us with a huge red moon at about 6.15am EST over Melb , weather permitting . So everybody go out & take & post a pic so we can all see . We might not be here to see the next one so make this count  ;D
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: gibbo301 on June 15, 2011, 06:12:20 PM
6.15am bugger that i,ll still be snoring  ;D
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: baldheadedgit on June 15, 2011, 06:16:34 PM
Not going to see a thing from here with this Shite rain,,, looks like its up to you Speewe........ :cheers:
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: speewa158 on June 15, 2011, 06:29:44 PM
We got socked in this morning , so heres hoping  ;D
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: D4D on June 15, 2011, 06:31:03 PM
6.15am bugger that i,ll still be snoring  ;D

x2
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: Brett B on June 15, 2011, 06:37:53 PM
I will be driving to work around about then will have a look and see if I can get some pics
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: Black Diamond on June 15, 2011, 09:23:39 PM
Im tippin i will also be snoring at that time ;D

Speewa i will be expecting some pics tomorrow  :cheers:
Should be a pretty good spectacle.

Cheers Bd
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: Brett B on June 15, 2011, 09:34:46 PM
Hey BD It would be nice to snoring at that time too its ok we start early and finish early
 :cheers:
Brett
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: pacs on June 15, 2011, 10:07:34 PM
Hmm my 4year old weetbix alarm I mean boy does not normally wake me till 6:30 and I'll be stuffed if I'm going to wake up any earlier as it's been four years since my last sleep in so every extra minute counts I'm sure there are a few of you that can sympathise  ;D
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: Black Diamond on June 15, 2011, 10:13:50 PM
Hmm my 4year old weetbix alarm I mean boy does not normally wake me till 6:30 and I'll be stuffed if I'm going to wake up any earlier as it's been four years since my last sleep in so every extra minute counts I'm sure there are a few of you that can sympathise  ;D
Hey BD It would be nice to snoring at that time too its ok we start early and finish early
 :cheers:
Brett
Yes we can sympathise ;D I had three kids within 3years, i can be tuff  :P
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: skog on June 15, 2011, 10:22:12 PM
I have 2 under 6 and I can't remember what a sleep in is  ;D But it is all part of the fun
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: pacs on June 15, 2011, 10:36:00 PM
Hell yeah after we had the twins and wa told it would be a 98% chance of multiples again if we had more.. Just imagine 3 lots of twins in three years that would be the death of me

Speewa you just need to mod the sun tracker to a moon tracker and mount the camera mate
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: speewa158 on June 16, 2011, 05:55:47 AM
The moon has almost disapeared into the dark over the tast 30 mins , GEY up you bludgers & have a look
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: RichardW on June 16, 2011, 06:01:25 AM
Hole in the clouds and the eclipsed moon was visible but while buggerising around setting up the camera the clouds closed over.  :-[
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: speewa158 on June 16, 2011, 06:13:22 AM
Thats it its gone , hidden behind the Earth
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: speewa158 on June 16, 2011, 06:30:41 AM
Stuff this for a joke its cold & reaslly really dark out here , can somebody chuck another 2 bob in the moon & get it going again . Watching that was amazing alas the trees are blocking the last of the action .  8)
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: baldheadedgit on June 16, 2011, 06:52:17 AM
I got a bit of a look,,, was good,,nice dirty looking red colour,, but the clouds came back again, so i rolled over and went back to sleep.....
End of Sydney report.......

BHG
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: speewa158 on June 16, 2011, 06:54:33 AM
BHG thanks for your indepth report & all the troble you went to to share itb with us  Night Night  :laugh:
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: Garry H on June 16, 2011, 07:32:20 AM
not a bad veiw from Adelaide, listening to the ABC it was easily seen from all over the country, at least where there was no cloud cover......
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: jclures on June 16, 2011, 08:29:39 AM
Well I was up, had a look, and went back inside, to cold outside, as there was frost everywhere on the ground. Still cold now.
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: Duchess on June 16, 2011, 08:30:00 AM
It was still quite high in the sky here at 06.15. It wasn't real bright, a bit dark and I wondered if we had a bit of fog but I don't think so, it was just dark. It was a little bit surreal and I imagined that if you didn't know what was going on, you'd have thought that the moon was at its end perhaps!

I didn't think it was bright enough to take any photos and so left the camera in its bag...
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: D4D on June 16, 2011, 08:34:23 AM
 :worthles:
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: Black Diamond on June 16, 2011, 08:35:21 AM
:worthles:

Yes Speewa we are waiting  ;D
(http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/36618-bigthumbnail.jpg)
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: WilSurf on June 16, 2011, 09:53:44 AM
I didn't see anything special in WA.
Same moon as the day before.
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: POD on June 16, 2011, 11:30:18 AM
Wow! Thanks BD, that's spectacular! Is that the Jayco set up in the foreground???
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: baldheadedgit on June 16, 2011, 12:24:15 PM
I thought it was Speewa's place in the forground... ;D :cheers:
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: WilSurf on June 16, 2011, 12:32:27 PM
His life is just like a fairy tale.........
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: 4wd26 on June 16, 2011, 02:46:57 PM
(http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo74/4wd26/DSC_3263.jpg)

(http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo74/4wd26/DSC_3270.jpg)

These were the best I could come up with- while having breakfast in my front yard and getting ready for work....
Title: Re: Big Red Moon
Post by: Black Diamond on June 16, 2011, 03:04:06 PM
Wow! Thanks BD, that's spectacular! Is that the Jayco set up in the foreground???
;D Yep thats the 2020 model Jayco prototype  O0