Saturn heading behind the Moon on May 14, 2014. Credit and copyright: Silveryway on Flickr.
Watched the occultation of Saturn on Wednesday night. This is when it passes behind the Moon. It was very cool through a telescope. I wish this photo was mine – astrophotography isn’t my forte.
Solar Eclipse in Cairns 2012
In 1976 Sydney experienced a partial solar eclipse, I was 5 years old at the time and I recall seeing the sky darken and people on TV watching totality through special glasses. Back then I thought how cool it would be to see a total solar eclipse although since then I’d never really gone out of my way to do something about it. In 2002 there was a total eclipse over Ceduna in South Australia, way out on the Great Australian Bight and one of the guys I worked with drove out there to experience it. For him it was more about the rave party during the eclipse than anything else, but again that briefly rekindled in me the thoughts of wanting to see a solar eclipse “some day”.
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