Pity, I was in Palm Cove exactly a year ago. Would like to see this.
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=815987
whats the cloud cover like in cairns?
wookiemeister said:
whats the cloud cover like in cairns?
Buggered if I know, Im in Geelong.
gaghalfrunt said:
wookiemeister said:
whats the cloud cover like in cairns?
Buggered if I know, Im in Geelong.
Clear skies in Launie
(no clouds here but a bit chilly tonight)
We are lucky enough in Perth to see a double eclipse. We can see the sun ecilpsed by the moon eclipsed by the earth…
Stealth said:
We are lucky enough in Perth to see a double eclipse. We can see the sun ecilpsed by the moon eclipsed by the earth…
I’ll try and remember to have a look tomorrow. Use my welding mask I suppose?
Stealth said:
We are lucky enough in Perth to see a double eclipse. We can see the sun ecilpsed by the moon eclipsed by the earth…
I thought we didn’t get to see shit?
party_pants said:
Stealth said:
We are lucky enough in Perth to see a double eclipse. We can see the sun ecilpsed by the moon eclipsed by the earth…
Do we?I thought we didn’t get to see shit?
Stealth said:
We are lucky enough in Perth to see a double eclipse. We can see the sun ecilpsed by the moon eclipsed by the earth…
All eclipsed by Nibiru just before impact?
Will we see a partial at all?
i’ve seen the day go dark before.. nothing special about it.i suspect the “cloud news” was a ruse
they didn’t want to handle the crashes on the highways in the morning so they manufactured the cloud reports
essentially they couldn’t say “stay where you are” so they created the scenario where anywhere could be good, by saying that anywhere north south or west will be good
Had good eclipse viewing here (near Grafton) through a really old welding mask.
I managed to get 7 little crescents projected onto the bonnet of the car though crossed fingers.
I was quite aware of the birds going quiet and then gradually firing up again (some of the roos lay down.. but they may just have been the very slack ones).
What I didn’t expect was that it got fairly cold.
Ian said:
Had good eclipse viewing here (near Grafton) through a really old welding mask.I managed to get 7 little crescents projected onto the bonnet of the car though crossed fingers.
I was quite aware of the birds going quiet and then gradually firing up again (some of the roos lay down.. but they may just have been the very slack ones).
What I didn’t expect was that it got fairly cold.
It always cools off as the sun gets up.
The birds up here actually started making more noise once it got dark – especially the doves and scrub turkeys.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
The birds up here actually started making more noise once it got dark – especially the doves and scrub turkeys.
I had thought I’d slept in and missed it. Until I noticed changes in bird sounds. Then I tried using my straw hat on the side of the Sulo. However that got a bit tricky with a camera in one hand.
Birds here were quite noisy too. The kookaburras thought it was hilarious and then the galahs joined in.
roughbarked said:
It always cools off as the sun gets up.
Not at 8.30 in November heading for 32 max.
Ian said:
roughbarked said:It always cools off as the sun gets up.
Not at 8.30 in November heading for 32 max.
Rockhampton
In central Queensland, residents came out to see a partial solar eclipse, with clear skies throughout the region.
The moon covered about 90 per cent of the sun this morning in Rockhampton.
Students at Blackwater High School, west of Rockhampton, went out to the oval this morning to observe the eclipse through telescopes and solar glasses.
Student ‘Brittany’ says it helped to bring science to life.
“It’s been an excellent experience – looking at it through the telescope and through the glasses you can really get a good look,” she said.
“The school has given us an excellent opportunity to view something like this.
“You can kind of feel that temperature’s a bit different and things like that.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-14/qld-regions-go-wow-over-solar-eclipse/4370670
Yes. I saw a total eclipse way back in 1960. Another in 1974.. The gloss wore off it being exciting a long time ago but for someone who has never seen one.. they are fun fun science. true.
OK I managed a couple of uploads after 20 attempts on another photobucket account, in Safari. This is probably the best one. 
It is difficult trying to hold a colander in one hand and an antique macro/telephoto lens in another and not get my head in the light.
A couple more/
Not mine…
it is a great shot.
It was awesome. Mostly covered by cloud through the partial lead-up, but completely clear for the total eclipse phase.
Absolutely incredible.
Best birthday for Mrs V.
>>Absolutely incredible.
I take it you are in FNQ Michael, did you get some pics?
Michael V said:
It was awesome. Mostly covered by cloud through the partial lead-up, but completely clear for the total eclipse phase.Absolutely incredible.
Best birthday for Mrs V.
HB.. Mrs V :)
Peak Warming Man said:
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>>Absolutely incredible.I take it you are in FNQ Michael, did you get some pics?
I was looking for a wall where the light through a tree would do that but the angle was wrong for any trees close enough. Besides, I had D bothering me to shower her and her mother phoning up and the computer playing up all while I should have been outside the whole time trying all photo angles. so I was lucky to get anything.. being unprepared and all.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/bandedcorona_schneider.jpg
Photobucket is not playing, unfortunately. They’ve changed some stuff and it no longer works on my old browser.
Sorry.
:(
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:.
>>Absolutely incredible.I take it you are in FNQ Michael, did you get some pics?
Yes getting the pics transferred. Uninterrupted view of ocean and eclipse from front verandah of the apartment we hired on the headland north of Palm Cove.
Feel free to pop over if you want some decent internet.
Michael V said:
Photobucket is not playing, unfortunately. They’ve changed some stuff and it no longer works on my old browser.Sorry.
:(
I had to use a different browser which was set up to use another of my pb accounts.
You can go back to the old photobucket if you want. I did that the other day when I wanted to load something quickly without thinking about the new ways. There is a place to click to go back, over on the right hand side, near the top?
I’ve fiddled with the new one, in Firefox, and it has some pluses and some minuses from my point of view. I’m not very familiar with it yet.
buffy said:
You can go back to the old photobucket if you want. I did that the other day when I wanted to load something quickly without thinking about the new ways. There is a place to click to go back, over on the right hand side, near the top?
I’ve fiddled with the new one, in Firefox, and it has some pluses and some minuses from my point of view. I’m not very familiar with it yet.
Older versions of firefox have difficulty playing the game that PB has presented to all users.
I wasn’t given an option. I went to the old sign-in page and was auatomaticaly redirected to a beta page. No splash screen, not options.
:(
Did the eclipse break the planet?
Michael V said:
I wasn’t given an option. I went to the old sign-in page and was auatomaticaly redirected to a beta page. No splash screen, not options.:(
yep. it is all part of the vicious cross scripting that photobucket does in order to get cash clicks from users that don’t pay for full accounts plus extra advertising money from those who do pay for accounts.. It has little to do with keeping the customer satisfied.
kii said:
Did the eclipse break the planet?
I heard it made a tidal wave that’s headed to New Mexico and big enough to wipe the US off the face of the earth.. wait.. what’s a tidal wave?
>>what’s a tidal wave?
A tidal wave is what old people call sunamies.
Peak Warming Man said:
>>what’s a tidal wave?A tidal wave is what old people call sunamies.
yair.. I tried to use it as a joke but it felt like it was going to fall over.
roughbarked said:
kii said:
Did the eclipse break the planet?
I heard it made a tidal wave that’s headed to New Mexico and big enough to wipe the US off the face of the earth.. wait.. what’s a tidal wave?
Some water would be nice.
Peak Warming Man said:
>>what’s a tidal wave?A tidal wave is what old people call sunamies.
Lie a snummy?
kii said:
Peak Warming Man said:
>>what’s a tidal wave?A tidal wave is what old people call sunamies.
Lie a snummy?
That should read: “like a snummy” There’s something stuck under the ‘k’.
Personally I prefer robadob’s phonetic spelling of tsunami. I think Sarah’s Mum wet herself laughing the first time she saw it.
>>I wasn’t given an option. I went to the old sign-in page and was auatomaticaly redirected to a beta page. No splash screen, not options.
:(<<
I had to look carefully to find the click back.
not really a solar eclipse but there is an eclipse of a sort if one seeks meaning in those words..
Oh, just had a look. It seems to have changed again, in the last day or so.
I can’t see how to take it back either now.
Divine Angel said:
Personally I prefer robadob’s phonetic spelling of tsunami. I think Sarah’s Mum wet herself laughing the first time she saw it.
Yep, I remember that. Especially sm’s reaction :P
buffy said:
Oh, just had a look. It seems to have changed again, in the last day or so.
I can’t see how to take it back either now.
the only account that’s working properly is the imaged one I set up in Safari. the others I had set up in Firefox and Opera so as to not need to worry about logging in and out to use them beforehand.. are giving me problems that aren’t easy to surmount at the moment. give me time and I’ll hack all the scripting ..
roughbarked said:
not really a solar eclipse but there is an eclipse of a sort if one seeks meaning in those words..
nice shot
Arts said:
roughbarked said:
not really a solar eclipse but there is an eclipse of a sort if one seeks meaning in those words..
nice shot
Thanks. :)