28/08/2026
2026 Partial Lunar Eclipse
Yeah, it's behind those clouds... somewhere.. 🤣
With the forecast looking more than a little dodgy overnight, I thought I'd try shooting just the max eclipse (rather than the full sequence), so my alarm was set for 4:30am - as I walked out my front door I saw the moon and loads of stars above and couldn't believe my luck, the forecast was wrong about clouds, woohoo!
I drove to my location, catching glimpses of the moon on the way, and as I arrived the moon had totally vanished behind the clouds, bum! Headed back home thinking maybe the clouds hadn't reached there yet, but no luck, no the moon was nowhere to be seen.
It goes to show I think, that in spite of any amount of planning, there's always the chance of complete failure, and that's OK really. Though perhaps if I'd committed a little more and arrived for the start of the eclipse I might have come home with _something_, but there we have it.
Loads of great pictures from cloudless parts of the UK, a shame South Wales wasn't one of them this time.
