mint Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 they have promised us is visible all over Europe?Been out walking here and there, looking out for it but, would you believe it, after nights of cloudless skies, it's clouded all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Same here in London, mint! I have seen the moon every night this week -but today we have had thundery showers (most welcome for the garden) and the cloud cover has remained. Grrrrr.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 So, just a scifi fantasy to distract us from the real problem of the cult of Bobo rising to teach us all to think right, right, right, aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Yes .. here in southern Brittany we started peeking at 22h30 at the moon's ethereal presence .. it appeared cobwebby and pink .. but definitely not blood red. A fascinating sight, especially seen through binoculars.Now it is 1/4 illuminated .. and is beginning to resemble our usual moon .. so I am going to bed.Night all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Hey, I've seen it, I've seen it!!! At least the partial eclipse.....just the last little black bit...And now, it's full disc again, I think, but hard to tell as there are clouds drifting across it and only momentary glimpses are possible.And, oh, how incredibly BEAUTIFUL it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Cloudy here too, Mint, until it was all over ... and then we vaguely saw the usual coloured moon briefly though a haze of then thinning cloud. Covered this morning, too, but sun now breaking through, a little. Typical, cloudless every other night too here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzer Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Amazing sight. Thought we were going to miss it, but suddenly the clouds disappeared, could see 3 stars and then the moon! incredible-different shades of intensity, lasted about a hour and then back to normal. One of those occasions when I am sorry not to have a decent camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Same here Jazzer in N. Dordogne . Saw it for longish periods between the clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 And here it is, rising again tonight. Not the eclipse of course but still HUGE and orangey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 As the Acrtrice said to the Bishop.Here the thunder storms rolled in just in time to obliterate any chance of a view - and we didn't even get any decent rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 I didn't see it, too overcast. But it was obviously full moon, the middle of the lunar month when there's often a sudden change in the weather, which we had here . Why is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 Don't know about the sudden change in the weather, Pat, but I did go through a time when I felt it makes my insomnia worse. Now with the heat and everything else, I do rely on a little white pill for oblivion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisette Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 And here it is again tonight....came up blood red and now climbing serenely to illuminate the frogs and cicadas while they do their nightly concert. Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 We had far too many clouds to see anything at all.I have no idea how often these happen, but I do remember my first, in France in July 1982. Very memorable for many reasons, some perhaps best forgotten[:-))]Mars is very very visible at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 Id, apparently next one January of next year. But, after that, a few decades, I think[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Well, if it isn't cloudy, next January will be my last then[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 You're not the only one Idun [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogs Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Idun and Pat, why will it be your last?? Sorry if too presumptuous to ask ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Coz I am old. And if it is a couple of decades, then I shall be really old, and probably not around to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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