Friday, September 08, 2006
Don't You Scare Me Like That!
¡No Me Asusten!
Don't you scare me like that!
Not fair!
The thing is... I got out of my home last night, a few minutes before 9 PM. I needed to make some last-minute buys. The clarity of the night caught my attention, I turned my head up to the sky and what did I see? A FULL MOON ALL CHOPPED OFF!
Yeap! The upper part of the lunar circle was gone. It seemed as if there was a crater like a volcano. I really got kind of scared thinking a metheoryte or something had landed up there, chopping off the missing part, the explosion being what was brightening the night. I tried to take a picture, but I couldn't use my camera (these big and tall apartment buildings really block the nightly view). Then, I went to the top of a nearby bridge to watch the phenomenon more closely. There, I tried taking a picture once again. I did some adjustments and the result is this accompanying image I show here. While observing it, I noticed I even captured a few little twinkling stars [click on the image for a larger view]. I decided to go and check the internet for some information about the phenomenon. I found something hidden somewhere in a remote corner of this wide cyberworld. There are some notes announcing a Partial Lunar Eclipse was to take place on Sept. 7, 2006. There it was.
Looking at the Moon I came to reflect that the shadow was caused precisely by that part of the Earth where my family in the USA, and friends and relatives in Mexico live. I took advantage and sent them love and kisses.
But please, next time let me know in advance, darn it! I almost died of a heart attack.
Here are some links:
Eclipse details
NASA said...
... and in the Spanish version of this note you will find a "pseudopoem" I wrote.
Regards
>Ð
Don't you scare me like that!
Not fair!The thing is... I got out of my home last night, a few minutes before 9 PM. I needed to make some last-minute buys. The clarity of the night caught my attention, I turned my head up to the sky and what did I see? A FULL MOON ALL CHOPPED OFF!
Yeap! The upper part of the lunar circle was gone. It seemed as if there was a crater like a volcano. I really got kind of scared thinking a metheoryte or something had landed up there, chopping off the missing part, the explosion being what was brightening the night. I tried to take a picture, but I couldn't use my camera (these big and tall apartment buildings really block the nightly view). Then, I went to the top of a nearby bridge to watch the phenomenon more closely. There, I tried taking a picture once again. I did some adjustments and the result is this accompanying image I show here. While observing it, I noticed I even captured a few little twinkling stars [click on the image for a larger view]. I decided to go and check the internet for some information about the phenomenon. I found something hidden somewhere in a remote corner of this wide cyberworld. There are some notes announcing a Partial Lunar Eclipse was to take place on Sept. 7, 2006. There it was.
Looking at the Moon I came to reflect that the shadow was caused precisely by that part of the Earth where my family in the USA, and friends and relatives in Mexico live. I took advantage and sent them love and kisses.
But please, next time let me know in advance, darn it! I almost died of a heart attack.
Here are some links:
Eclipse details
NASA said...
... and in the Spanish version of this note you will find a "pseudopoem" I wrote.
Regards
>Ð
