First it was billed as the lunar astronomical event of the year, a full super-moon, blood-moon lunar eclipse. Then the forecasters told of doom and gloom as all of Southern Australia was to be covered by spectacle smothering wet blanket of high altitude cloud. We canceled our planned trip to a favorite dark sky lookout […]
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Mooning Out on the Hype
There was an amazing amount of media hype leading up to last night’s Supermoon. From out of nowhere came hundreds of experts espousing facts and figures. There was talk of the best vantage locations, there were strong suggestions that you just can’t miss it, the likes of which will not been seen again for another […]
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The moon was magnificent this evening, but not to start with. The plan was simple; … find a place where the moon will appear on the horizon of the Adelaide hills so as to silhouette the white tower of the Mount Lofty scenic lookout. Google maps is a wonderful tool but finding line of clear […]
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