A super, blue, blood moon, but with clouds.

(I'm taking a short break from info about our holiday to fit in this post about the moon.)

We were supposed to have a 'super, blue, blood moon on Wednesday night. 

Well, I know the moon did its thing, but unfortunately, we also had lots of clouds above Auckland. I was out on our deck nevertheless and took some pictures. 

I could have edited more light into these photos to make them easier to see but I didn't want them too artificial. I hope you can enjoy them anyway. Pretend you were on the deck with me. (If you were, we could have enjoyed some refreshments.) It was warm and very windy. 

It's just a short series and no explanation is really due. It looked pretty bleak at first for any good pictures at all and then I got a little break...(literally, in the clouds)

This was about an hour before the eclipse was due to start. By then, the clouds were wall to wall, so to speak.     -djf

I have a few more photos I've taken recently. I might as well put them here.

Taken about a week ago.

A few days ago

This is the star Betelgeuse in actual light. 

Same star, but I edited in some additional light to make it easier to see. 

Betelgeuse is a red supergiant. It is so big in fact, that if it were placed where our sun is, it's surface would engulf Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, the asteroid belt, and maybe Jupiter. It is due to explode in a supernova so you had better enjoy seeing it now. They think it'll only last another million years or so. -djf