South by the Lunar Eclipse (Day 14)

One of my treats this week was the lunar eclipse. Seing that it doesn´t get dark here until well after 10pm and the mountains obscure the horizon (yes, poor me), the moon didn´t pop over the mountains until about 10:30pm. By that point, we had all gathered around a campfire and were front and centre to watch.


It was awesome to watch the shadow slowly pull over the moon and when the moon was finally fully eclipsed around 1:15am, one of the workers pulled out a diggeridoo (spelling?). He then proceeded to play for the ENTIRE eclipse ...as in, he didn´t stop to take a breath the entire 20min. I didn´t realize that circular breathing is a part of playing the diggeridoo, but it was pretty cool to watch. And, as the moon was shadowed out, all the stars appeared really, really bright. I got to see the Southern Cross, which of course we don´t get to see in Canada, and the Milky Way was almost spotlighted in the sky.


I remember thinking to myself that this is one of those moments that you remember- watching a lunar eclipse, by a campfire, with the mountains in your view. Pretty special.