I’d been at work all night but decided to set an early alarm to see if the weather was being kind enough to allow a view of the eclipse. When I wandered to the window it was cloudy and my thoughts turned back to the land of nod, but Hugo was looking hopeful so I picked up the lead and my camera then headed out. I received regular texts from Julie that the sky was getting lighter and gaps appearing so I wandered a bit more, then the cloud parted…
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Venus and The Moon
A couple of photographs from this morning. Venus poking through the cloud – And then the Moon through the trees –
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Decided to take the camera to work last night and snapped a couple of shots from the balcony… A few hours later and I made another attempt at photographing Comet Ison as it was well above the horizon yet still stuck in the murk of Appleby’s light pollution. It took a bit of squinting at the screen but now I see it I know what to look for on the other shots 😉 Finally on my way home, bleary eyed, I stopped to take a photo of the Moon as…
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Early start today which was handy as it gave me chance to take a couple of astrophotography shots as comet Ison is up and about as well 😉
Read MoreAt the end of the day
We took a run down by Long Meg and her Daughters stone circle this evening as the sun was heading towards the horizon. I was nice to spend an hour or so wandering about with the Moon riding high above the stones and the sun setting behind the distant hills.
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