Sheerlight - Norma McKellar
Lunar eclipse rainbow St Marys June 15 2011 jpeg
June 15th the approach of the lunar eclipse off the Northumbrian coast. Nature's own light show.
taken from here:
www.flashearth.com/?lat=55.079559&lon=-1.463976&z...
Here the moonrise began its approach, its rays underlighting the clouds and seeming to radiate from behind the lighthouse. The colours were unusual. The rainbow became full but there was no vantage point reachable in time back inland far enough off the coast to catch its spread.
It was so exciting anticipating its show . Ahead of me was this view, directly behind me was the simultaneously setting sun. As if they were poles apart and different worlds!
The thick dark cloud base in the offing however moved up from south easterly and the next hour was very wet showers. A night of some frustrating just out of reach viewpoints for compositions as for this I was already a two/three feet off the edge on the furthest safe point, down a part of the cliff face not often frequented and the rain meant the loose earth was mud and slippery. I did use a tripod but the knee deep grasses there for this shot are very thick and bouncy on uneven ground. So not the sharpness I wanted. But I couldn’t miss those rays, I just loved the contrast it gave behind the horizon.
So a documentary shot for my scrapbook. An evening of spectacular skies changing by the moment. And not until around 11pm did Lady Lune eventually show, high but full and misty blooming, but as I was driving home….there was even briefly the rare “moon dog” to be seen, an effect of hexagonal ice crystals, ….then gone till next time.
Lunar eclipse rainbow St Marys June 15 2011 jpeg
June 15th the approach of the lunar eclipse off the Northumbrian coast. Nature's own light show.
taken from here:
www.flashearth.com/?lat=55.079559&lon=-1.463976&z...
Here the moonrise began its approach, its rays underlighting the clouds and seeming to radiate from behind the lighthouse. The colours were unusual. The rainbow became full but there was no vantage point reachable in time back inland far enough off the coast to catch its spread.
It was so exciting anticipating its show . Ahead of me was this view, directly behind me was the simultaneously setting sun. As if they were poles apart and different worlds!
The thick dark cloud base in the offing however moved up from south easterly and the next hour was very wet showers. A night of some frustrating just out of reach viewpoints for compositions as for this I was already a two/three feet off the edge on the furthest safe point, down a part of the cliff face not often frequented and the rain meant the loose earth was mud and slippery. I did use a tripod but the knee deep grasses there for this shot are very thick and bouncy on uneven ground. So not the sharpness I wanted. But I couldn’t miss those rays, I just loved the contrast it gave behind the horizon.
So a documentary shot for my scrapbook. An evening of spectacular skies changing by the moment. And not until around 11pm did Lady Lune eventually show, high but full and misty blooming, but as I was driving home….there was even briefly the rare “moon dog” to be seen, an effect of hexagonal ice crystals, ….then gone till next time.