Lunar Eclipse

rts · Tue 04 May, 2004 21.53

Has anyone else got a lovely red-glowing horizon tonight?

Cheese Head · Tue 04 May, 2004 22.05

Lunar Eclipse ? Is that why my sky is a nice tinted red.

If it wasnt so cloudy id take some pretty pictures. Im a bit annoyed that I dont have any coloured filters for my camera, they wouldve made it look amazing.

Pete · Tue 04 May, 2004 22.12

Well thanks to late sunset and clouds I saw nowt. Ah well, they come round pretty often.

rts · Tue 04 May, 2004 22.22

I only posted this quickly before my bath and was not expecting such a quick response, lol. But yes, very nice indeed.

Aston · Tue 04 May, 2004 22.26

rts wrote:I only posted this quickly before my bath and was not expecting such a quick response, lol. But yes, very nice indeed.

Thanks, always good to know all about your hygiene routine...

Katherine · Tue 04 May, 2004 23.03

Well it's a marvellous night for a moondance, With the stars up above in your eyes... A fantabulous night to make romance, 'neath the cover of cool April skies...... tra la laaaaaaaa......

My luck's been in in a MAJORLY IMPRESSIVE way in Boston, south Lincolnshire!! Mum, Dad and I went eclipse chasing (to the fenland surrounding Boston. No light pollution at all) as the skies were clearer than I dared hope given the forecasts. And Boy, were we rewarded!! A BRILLIANT coral-pink red moon with NO CLOUDS obscuring the spectacle! WHOOPEE!!

It's been totally PERFECT conditions for the eclipse!! Nearly all of it has been visible, skies nice and clear!!!! I can see it beautifully through the window right from where I am sitting. It has almost been totally lit up now....

WHAT a FAN-BLINKING-TASTIC eclipse this has been!! I am sitting here enjoying 'Moondance' by Van Morrison to celebrate the second-best thing nature gives us. The only thing better is a total solar eclipse....... Here's to October, when the next one will be!!

rts · Tue 04 May, 2004 23.06

Aston wrote:
rts wrote:I only posted this quickly before my bath and was not expecting such a quick response, lol. But yes, very nice indeed.
Thanks, always good to know all about your hygiene routine...

I'm happy to go into greater detail if you want.

nwtv2003 · Tue 04 May, 2004 23.21

All I am going to say that Granada Weather's Jon Mitchell is a lying git!

We didn't see a thing tonight, I've been looking at the window for hours tonight.

Though I remember we've had something like this before and it gave a very nice view of the sky, plus we had something red, can't remember what though.

Anonymous · Wed 05 May, 2004 01.37

Katherine wrote:Well it's a marvellous night for a moondance, With the stars up above in your eyes... A fantabulous night to make romance, 'neath the cover of cool April skies...... tra la laaaaaaaa......

My luck's been in in a MAJORLY IMPRESSIVE way in Boston, south Lincolnshire!! Mum, Dad and I went eclipse chasing (to the fenland surrounding Boston. No light pollution at all) as the skies were clearer than I dared hope given the forecasts. And Boy, were we rewarded!! A BRILLIANT coral-pink red moon with NO CLOUDS obscuring the spectacle! WHOOPEE!!

It's been totally PERFECT conditions for the eclipse!! Nearly all of it has been visible, skies nice and clear!!!! I can see it beautifully through the window right from where I am sitting. It has almost been totally lit up now....

WHAT a FAN-BLINKING-TASTIC eclipse this has been!! I am sitting here enjoying 'Moondance' by Van Morrison to celebrate the second-best thing nature gives us. The only thing better is a total solar eclipse....... Here's to October, when the next one will be!!

I'm laughing at the thought of two old biddies driving along the country roads, in a cronky A-reg, gold-coloured Volvo estate, peering up at the sky with their 20-something year old daughter bouncing around with excitement on the backseat like a hyperactive Golden Retriever.

Boughton · Wed 05 May, 2004 16.18

Who says they'll be old biddies? They might just be in their mid forties, you know - of course that probably seems ancient to you, but just wait - before you know it you'll be that age!