Lunar eclipse on 28 Aug 07

Dear SG,

You missed the Lunar eclipse last evening because of cloudy skies, I read it on http://www.channelnewsasia.com/

I'm so sorry you've missed it, it was an interesting phenomenon. The moon was really bright and high in the NZ sky last night (9pm NZ time). As it moved into the Earth's shadow, more stars were visible and the stars shines brighter. By the time it was completely in the shadow, it was reddish in colour because of the reflection of light from the Earth's atmosphere.

This is the first time I make plans to watch a Lunar eclipse, we bought Pizza so that we can fill our stomach and enjoy the phenomenon at the same time. However, our Pizza was delayed because the staffs had forgotten to add Bacon to half of our BBQ Chicken and Bacon Pizza. To compensate us, they gave the "damage" goods to us for free and bake us another pizza. We had to watch the start of the Lunar eclipse in front of the Pizza store.

By the time we got home and was enjoying our pizza in the yard, the moon was nearly gone. The sky had turn cloudy and the wind was picking up. I was so cold from the wind I had to put on ski wear! hee.... (not that I've ever went skiing before but you get the idea)

It then started to rain a little when the moon had been completely in the shadow for a while. It was too cold and windy for me to stay out in the yard, thus we gave up the idea of watching the rest of the eclipse and went back to our bedroom.

Dearest SG, no matter where we are, I'm glad we are sharing the same sky, the only difference is that we are watching it from a different angle.

with love from NZ,

J