[TriLUG] OT: anyone in downtown Raleigh tall building?

[David McDowell]

http://www.turnpike420.net/gallery2/v/Weather/LunarEclipse/2007-03-03_Raleigh/

back to the list seeing as there was a decent amount of interest in
the topic, so I thought I'd share the pics... and man did the breeze
make the tripod wiggle, so it was hard to get a really sharp photo...
time to invest in a more sturdy tripod.  :)

laters,
David


On 2/26/07, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
> here ya go, scientific explanation to the illusion:
>
> http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/060907_moon_big.html
>
>
> On 2/26/07, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > yours photos are Nov 2003, mine are May 2003.... :)  cool shots
> > though... I have a much better zoom (300mm IS USM) and DSLR this time
> > around.  :)
> >
> > as to the illusion... yes, that it is, but the camera should pick it
> > up as well... seen those sunsets on the African savanas on Discovery
> > or National Geographic... same idea.  :)
> >
> > I think someone needs to not read the New Zealand reports when it
> > comes to timing in North America.  ;)
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070223/sc_space/viewersguidemarch3totallunareclipse;_ylt=Avjzir2RV_cd7ojv3H46FL_637YB
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > On 2/26/07, Jim Wright <wrightjim at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > David McDowell wrote:
> > > > Look here for
> > > > photos of one I took from my condo near NCSU with a less than stellar
> > > > camera a few years ago:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.turnpike420.net/gallery2/v/Weather/LunarEclipse/2003-05-15_Raleigh/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Some pictures of possibly the same eclipse, taken by my dad or his
> > > wife...most likely at their house in SW Durham...
> > > http://www.jimsboat.com/scrapbook2003_files/LunarEclipse2003.html
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