October Skies

Colorful clouds at sunrise and sunset:

sunrise

sunset

western sky at sunrise

sunset reflected on car roof

sunset

sunset

Images of yesterday's eclipsed sun projected through foliage:

More sky pics

Downtown Tucson Saturday evening:

UniSource Building

Griffin sculpture

St. Augustine Cathedral

Tucson Fox Theatre

Sonora sculpture

Partial lunar eclipse this morning:

4:06 am

4:49 am

5:07 am

Crescents

On May 20, 2012, with a makeshift projector, we viewed the annular solar eclipse in Tucson, Arizona where it appeared as a partial eclipse.

Also during the eclipse, subtle crescent shapes appeared in leafy shadows on the ground and walls.

The tiny sun crescents were a little easier to see on smooth white posterboard.

Linking to Skywatch Friday and Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Lunar Eclipse

While looking for the sunrise at 5:00 this morning, I noticed the moon setting in the opposite direction.  I didn't realize I was observing a partial lunar eclipse.  Later, I learned that what I had seen was a full moon with the earth's shadow blocking part of it.

If the rising sun had been visible at the same time, I would have witnessed selenelion, an uncommon eclipse phenomenon when the sun and the eclipsed moon are visible at the same time.

The clouds to the east were obscuring the sun, but it was still a pleasant sunrise.