Australians enjoy second lunar eclipse for 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Citizens in the Australian city of Bathurst in Central-Western New South Wales have turned out in the hundreds on top of Mount Panorama to observe tonight's lunar eclipse. Those who turned out for the spectacle were treated to live music and purple flags with lighting to take on a mystic theme.
Mount Panorama provided perfect conditions for the show, with minimal light and clear skies. Just before 7 p.m. AEST the eclipse began to be visible with the Earth beginning to shadow the Moon, by 8:37 p.m. AEST the top of Mount Panorama was bathed in an eerie red glow as the moon glowed deep red.
Michael Stanton, a local astronomy fan told Wikinews "this is just great, we have music and this visual delight to see".
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The eclipse occurring over Bathurst.
Image: Nathan Carter. -
The eclipse over Melbourne.
Image: Melburnian. -
Shortly after the full eclipse in Wellington, New Zealand.
Image: Tony Wills. -
The eclipse taken from Victoria, BC, Canada, providing a perspective of the eclipse on the other side of the earth.
Image: Theory.
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