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Lunar eclipse almost eclipsed by cloud

An almost totally eclipsed Moon

The weather was against me, the batteries on my preferred camera were dead (with the charger 900 km away) and I’d had little sleep the night before. That wasn’t going to stop me. I’m glad I persevered as the shots I got weren’t too bad.

The clouds came in around 11:30 pm and covered the Moon for most of the partial phases. Then at 12:45 am, a small section of the sky appeared and what was sitting in the middle? An eclipsed Moon. Thank you Mother Nature.

A small handful of images are on my Flickr set.

Can’t wait for the next eclipse – a total solar eclipse in Cairns next year.