We asked, and you surely delivered. We put out a call for your photos of the lunar eclipse, and got so many that for a moment we were afraid we might break Facebook. Here are some of our favourites.
It was a little cloudy in Melbourne, but Rhonda Baum still managed to sneak a shot through the gloom.
Picture of the lunar eclipse seen through clouds
Image by Rhonda Baum
Clear skies in Port Lincoln helped Peter Knife get this.
Image of lunar eclipse seen from Port Lincoln
Image by Peter Knife
Meanwhile, in Albury, the eclipse really turned it on for Petra de Ruyter.
Image of lunar eclipse seen from Albury
Image by Petra de Ruyter
And Tamworth lived up to its claim to be Big Sky Country.
Image of lunar eclipse
Image by Ekiama Apalisok-Brice
Some managed to catch the purple tones.
Image of lunar eclipse, purple
Image by Lisa Belgrave
Image of lunar eclipse, purple
Image by Samantha Bright
Others managed to catch tones we found a little surprising. There’s always one, isn’t there, Peter Feeney?
Photoshopped image of green moon
Image by Peter Feeney
We got images from Japan.
Image of lunar eclipse from Hapan
Image by Ivy B Ueama
And Indonesia.
Image of moon obscured by cloud
Image by Muhammad Hasbi Alfarizi
We got spectacular montages.
Photomontage of stages of lunar eclipse.
Image by Kelly Wilson
But for some of us, the weather didn’t co-operate at all. Kim Cook was able to remind those of us who missed out that clouds can be beautiful too.
Image of clouds at sunset
Image by Kim Cook
But if we’re honest, we have to admit that Ali Ceyhan spoke for all of us who didn’t get to see it.
Obscured lunar eclipse meme
Image by Ali Ceyhan
Next time, next time … And our sincere thanks to all of you for your photos.
