Name the artist of that song, all you music trivia types! No Googling allowed!
A lot of people don't know that The Caterpillar, in addition to being a pretty effective chick magnet (you know... er... if I were into such things...) makes a handy dandy alarm clock. That is, if the alarm clock you are used to is broken and wakes you up at random odd intervals throughout the night, only to tell you to go back to sleep with no real purpose for getting you up.
I love astronomical events and I almost always try to catch a glimpse. I was always the kid who begged her parents to let her sleep outside on the grass so she could watch the meteor shower and then saw one, count them one, falling star because we lived way too close to a large metropolitan area and the light pollution blocked them all out. But the very next time a meteor shower comes around, guess who's sleeping on the lawn again?
There have been two other total lunar eclipses (as well as two partial solar eclipses) this past year and I missed them all. The next time we'll see a lunar eclipse is in December 2010. So how nice of The Caterpillar was it to wake up crying and then go back to sleep just in time for me to catch these photos? She's thoughtful like that.
A lot of people don't know that The Caterpillar, in addition to being a pretty effective chick magnet (you know... er... if I were into such things...) makes a handy dandy alarm clock. That is, if the alarm clock you are used to is broken and wakes you up at random odd intervals throughout the night, only to tell you to go back to sleep with no real purpose for getting you up.
I love astronomical events and I almost always try to catch a glimpse. I was always the kid who begged her parents to let her sleep outside on the grass so she could watch the meteor shower and then saw one, count them one, falling star because we lived way too close to a large metropolitan area and the light pollution blocked them all out. But the very next time a meteor shower comes around, guess who's sleeping on the lawn again?
There have been two other total lunar eclipses (as well as two partial solar eclipses) this past year and I missed them all. The next time we'll see a lunar eclipse is in December 2010. So how nice of The Caterpillar was it to wake up crying and then go back to sleep just in time for me to catch these photos? She's thoughtful like that.
In a way, staring into a computer screen is like staring into an eclipse. It's brilliant and you don't realize the damage until its too late."
- Bruce Sterling
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February 21, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Great pictures! We missed it here, too much cloud cover. It is snowing again, and yes it makes me want to cry.
February 21, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Wow! These photos ROCK! May I ask, what kind of camera are you using? I went out last night to take photos and my results were disappointing. (But then, I'm just using a Point-and-Shoot right now while I shop around for a DSLR.)
February 21, 2008 at 10:19 AM
You really managed to catch it! I, unfortunately, couldn't see a thing since it was so cloudy. It was the one cloudy day in a month, of course.
February 21, 2008 at 12:25 PM
I'm glad you keep up with the astrology stuff...Last night when I saw the moon, I wondered what was up. Then when I asked a friend why there was a crescent moon last night and a full moon this morn... I felt like an idiot when she said it was an eclipse. I'm stuck in mommy land too often!
February 21, 2008 at 12:45 PM
I use two cameras: a Nikon D50 that belongs to my work and Sony Cybershot DSC H5 that I own. The Nikon is an awesome camera - much better than the Sony - but big and bulky. Since my husband bought me the more portable Sony, I use the Nikon seldom because I am lazy and don't like to carry things. The Sony does most everything the Nikon does but it's not as nice a lens so I feel like the focus suffers. I've been meaning to buy a better lens for the Sony, but I always find other things to spend the cash on (like food and stuff).
These were done with the Sony - often on just the point and shoot settings - and a tripod. I could never have got these without a tripod. The ones with the rays of light are done with manual settings and long exposure times anywhere from 1 to 15 seconds.
February 21, 2008 at 2:02 PM
Then you should remember the time we all got in the car and went clear out into no mans land somewhere outside of Phoenix to see Haley's comet (one 'l' or two). We pulled into a dirt road off the highway and parked. The only car around for MILES in the dark, dark about midnight. We were there 5 minutes when a car pulled up and parked RIGHT NEXT TO US and got out and the driver said...."Mind if I borrow your telescope?"
Ah, wilderness.
February 22, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Astrology? The study of objects in our Universe is Astronomy! (My sister used to tell everyone I was an astrologer.)
And, yes, Halley's Comet is spelled with 2 l's.
February 22, 2008 at 2:22 PM
@ Scott: Funny, I tell everyone you are an astrologer too. But that's just to piss you off.
February 23, 2008 at 2:13 PM
COOL!!
Awesome pictures ;)