Showing posts with label Sunrise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunrise. Show all posts
Thursday, November 15, 2012
How cool was this morning's total solar eclipse?
I watched it all on Sunrise and it gave me goosebumps. It was beautiful!
Dubbo was meant to get it partial, with the peak of about 65 per cent coverage coming to us about 20 minutes or so later. I went outside a few minutes ahead, but soon realised it didn't appear any darker.
It was half hiding behind a building and with my sunnies on (which I know doesn't help if trying to look at it, don't worry), accidentally looked up that way for a second or two. But it was as if it was just a bright sunny morning, and as soon as I did I looked straight at the ground again and sought refuge under a tree.
I'm under the tree researching again to find out the peak time and it was right then according to one website. No visible darkness at all. Great.
Did I miss it?
I had no idea, and heard afterwards that partial ones may be harder to see - but 65 per cent should have made some sort of visible difference even looking the other way.
I took a photo to see if that made any difference, looking down and pointing my camera up to the sky from hip height.
Not really.
Nice photo though, if not a bit bright.
I then tried the pinhole thing for a second, trying to do it through the safety of the tree. But obviously the ground was shadowy from said tree and that idea failed. As did this whole experiment.
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Late in the day at work I discover the partial eclipse actually happened around 7.30 - AT THE SAME TIME AS CAIRNS, which makes complete sense. However, I refuse to blame myself for the fact that I was incorrectly informed from multiple resources. For the record I had just stepped out of the shower at that time.
major. fail.
And after all that faliure, I'm now really paranoid about my brief glimpse at the sky. It's not like I actively stared at all, more like being caught without sunnies for a second. I'm sure it won't blind me, but I do worry. Just a bit. My left eye's been a bit sore today, but I have been known to have eye strain in recent months from using computers etc. And psychology could have much to do with that also.
Friday, December 04, 2009
So the past two days have been hectic. Just a bit. No additional tasks were done yesterday because of commitments. However, my first stop of the day provided the perfect photo op:
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For those who don't know, it's the ABC Adelaide building in Collinswood. I help conduct group tours there voluntarily and I had a shift yesterday morning. Had a great time with a bunch of home-schooled kids and mums who were sometimes more interested in the workings of TV than the kids! Saw the set of Poh's Kitchen for the first time so I was pretty stoked... it's HUGE! I learn or see something new everytime I'm in that place.
Introduced TINAB to more of my workmates, so they knew why it was behind our front counter. It's become too cosy there - somehow I managed to forget it. Totally regretted that this morning. Waking up at 5:15AM and realising wasn't a good feeling. Starting to really want this book around. I hope that doesn't sound desperately sad. Why was I up so early you ask? It wasn't even for a Fresh shift...
Sunrise was doing a live broadcast from Elder Park this morning. Mel and I thought 'What a better way to network...' However, transport doesn't get into town as early as 5:30AM (ridiculous) so we got there by 6:15 or so. Mel brought red cowboy hats (as our Xmas costume), and I'd made a sign at midnight last night on shiny paper saying 'Spread the Xmas cheer. Give us a job' (with a golden sun as the 'o' in job, haha). Awesome cooked breakfast, live crosses to Nuala Hafner for the weather (who loved our 'Xmas Cowgirls' idea and showed a crew member our awesome sign), and performances from Guy Sebastian AND Hugh Sheridan (who actually sounded decent live). Didn't meet Mel and Kochie, although Mel saw our sign and smiled, but did meet newsreader (and now idol) Natalie Barr. So lovely and chatty, and loved that we'd finished a journo degree. Therefore, out of plenty of options, this photo counts for Day 4:
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Then I caught a bus to work for a 9-5:30 shift, where the driver physically laughed at me in my hat through his rearview mirror. So I'm tired. But other tasks were completed. Thought I'd try my hand at Page 7, which Spratt attempted at the Ed on Tuesday. I managed to hold TINAB above my head for 21 minutes (much longer than him, that's all I'll say). Now I have a sore shoulder to show for it. Page 88 was an interesting idea too: a methodology. How many ways you can carry something that 'isn't' a book - testing their examples out and creating five more. Mine were:
1: In between fingers.
2: Tied to thigh (this works better for paperbacks).
3: Tied to arm.
4: As an earring.
5: Like a backpack.
This was after I'd carried it by my knees, elbows, on my head, etc. The good ol' balance on the head trick was a personal favourite. If you ever try the waistband example, it may not be feasible to be wearing pyjamas.
COUNT:
Pages in progress: 1, 62
Pages completed: 8-9, 7, 88
Pages completed by others: 7 (Spratt, 1-12-09)
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