Solar Eclipse

I was up bright and early this morning to watch a very exciting event, a total solar eclipse.  Cairns was ideally situated for this event although the weather has not been the best for the last few days and we were worried that there would be nothing to see particularly as the town is full of visitors from far and wide.  Luckily the clouds cleared just in time and armed with special glasses we watched from our front garden.  These are just some photos we took with a simple point and shoot auto camera and I am sure the medial will be showing the specactular ones.
 
 
 
 
 
Till next time
Frances
 
 
 



Comments

stitchingart-decorative said…
Frances , Beautiful phenomenon of nature, that's great, beautiful pictures.
In Poland, people also saw was the green of color and black and also bright, something beautiful.
I greet you warmly, you are now warm, beautifully, and we, unfortunately, cold, foggy, and length of winter, bbbrrrrrrrrr, :))))
November 14, 2012 at 9:48 PM
Karen said…
We were hoping to hear that the weather had cleared for you. It was great to see the reports on the news. How wonderful to be in the right place at the right time!
November 14, 2012 at 9:53 PM
Radka said…
You have done well to take pictures of such strange happening. I remember when we saw it here a few years ago, how everything went quiet, could not hear one bird.
November 15, 2012 at 6:10 AM
Joy V said…
It must have been a fantastic thing to see. Glad you had special glasses and were ale to use your camera. We did see some of the media photos down here as well.
November 15, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Linda said…
Glad you were able to view this once in a lifetime experience Frances. Didn't see any of it here sadly, only on the news!!
November 17, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Jen said…
HI! Frances, Wow! how great to witness this with your special glasses and from your garden. Especially a total eclipse. The photos were great to see, thank you. We only had the television to see it happen.
November 23, 2012 at 1:37 PM
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