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I saw in the MailOnLine last night that astronomers are now saying that a sudden very small white flash that some people saw in the upper left quadrant of the moon during the eclipse was a small meteor hitting the moon!

How lucky if you did see that.

Great to read all your posts and thank you Jem for sharing your lovely pictures.


No matter where we viewed, it's great to think that we can still feel a sense of sharing awe and wonder at such events.

Brilliant piccies, Jem....thanks for sharing:-D

I was up too but unfortunately it was cloudy and misty on my side of London (East) and I didn't see a thing :-(. Such a pity because the previous evening had been so clear and the moon so bright that we even had moon shadows :-0

I don't know Jem, I just liked the colour of it when I was looking for a new image online. I agree with you though, it's very nice.

Thanks Gill, indeed it was! :-)

Beautiful bird on your avatar, Gill. What is it?

Brilliant photo's Jem, that's exactly what we saw, amazing wasn't it?

Thanks Det :-)

Jem, photos 3 & 4 are spectacular.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, we were both asleep. We happened to be speaking to a charity shop worker this afternoon. She was enthralled at the sight.

My wife and I watched it from our front door, good visibility, but before I went in out of the cold it was white, ie its normal colour.

Well I set my alarm!
I too watched it from beginning to end.

It was a clear night and very cold. It was spectacular. It would only have been better if we had driven to a darker place. Even with the light pollution it was amazing.


Here are some photos from the start until totality if anyone is interested.

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Thanks for telling us Gwyn:-)

Gill - very envious!

In the UK astronomical events always seem to be thwarted by the meteorological ones!

I saw it in part this morning, but it was too cold to stand out for long.

I wouldn't be up at 5 either except then oldest would never wake up for work and youngest to college!!

You were lucky! When we went to bed there was a clear sky and the moon looked huge, but when I woke up at about 4.30 it had clouded over. I could see light behind the clouds where the moon was, but no detail at all. So I went back to bed!!

OH and I watched the whole eclipse from start to finish. It was AMAZING, the only time we couldn't see it properly, as the cloud was a bit to thick, was just before totality but after about 20 minutes the clouds moved away to reveal a dark red moon. We watched it until it went down when the moon was very big and bright yellow, the same as when it was rising and slowly moved down out of view. At the same time the sun was coming up and the birds were singing the dawn chorus.

What a beautiful ending to a wonderful, magical night and something OH and I will never forget. <3 <3

The only think I was looking at at 5am
was the back of my eye lids

Though I have seen some pretty pictures of the event on Facebook :-D :-D

Sylvia...a wee bit chilly... :-D :-D lucky you
Didn't fancy going outside at 10.30 to see it, didn't want to open the curtains either LOL but saw the full moon at 5 this morning not the blood moon as such though.

I think it may have been cloudy although I didn'y get up early morning. At 1am the moon was clear but very high in the sky.

I hope we got some photos, although OH's big camera developed a problem ........... when he clicked the shutter the telephoto lens started to move in and out :-S

It has been clear all the time. I'm just going to go out and see if I can get a shot of the shadow moving away from the moon. It's a wee bit chilly out on the patio though, and it's also feeling as though there is a little water falling ......... the railing is wet when I touch it.

Sylvia
That's a great time for viewing.
I hope OH gets some good photos, as the night is clear for you there.

I've just been out to take a look.
Clear, crisp night with heavy frost giving a good view of the moon.

The eclipse does not show so bright in contrast as earlier, but the colouring is more red now.

Would like to stay out longer, but it's so cold.