Total solar eclipse in Cairns

[Mumof3]

 Did anyone luck out and get any pics. 

[oldmate]

No pic from me


Sent from an overpriced, overengineered, outdated gadget that can make phone calls, sometimes.

[Matto]

We were lucky in that we could see it from our place - unlucky in that for the main show we had cloud cover. So we missed totality, which was a shame. Still, I managed to get some piccies of the initial and after stages, which made climbing onto the roof worthwhile.

Cloud cover beforehand:


Shadow cast over the mountains:


Just the start:


Edging towards 2nd contact:




Beginning of totality - was yelling at the clouds by now:


Just after 3rd contact:






So there you go - that was the view from our roof at 6:38am today. Still pretty happy that we saw what we saw. Considering it's bucketing down outside at the moment, I think we were lucky to get the show that we did. Certainly an eerie experience. Friends of ours have some photos of the total eclipse, I'll see if I can get a copy to post up.

Cheers,
Matto

[jclures]

I drove down to the Mareeba airport, it was great, no clouds and we got a perfect view. Bonnie had to stay here, it was overcast but it went into total darkness anyhow for the eclipse.

[sup8pdct]

I grabbed this pic before I had to go to work. Being in brisbane, it covered a little more but still a cresent.


James

[Mumof3]

Thanks for posting pics. They turned out pretty good for being taken from the roof.

[speewa158]

Ripper pics  Thanks 

[Bill]

Our neighbour came over and sat with us.
She got some fantastic  pictures that I will post as soon as she gives me copies.
Bill and Morag

[The Caseys]

Here are some pics.  We had great views from our patio, watched it all unfold with cuppas in hand.

David and Tina

[duggie]

Hi Tina,

You might want to clean your camera lens, there is a big black spot in the middle of the lens stopping us from seeing the beautiful photo of the sun.

See you and David soon at Woodleigh.

Cheers duggie