Atmospheric Effects

Captured these pics of the Moon and Sun recently (not in the UK, where objects like the Sun are rarely sighted these days!!!)

I think the Sun picture nicely shows how the inside of a rainbow is darker, as discussed recently by Professor Merrifield on Sixty Symbols.

Far Side of the Moon

Here's a video just uploaded for Sixty Symbols about one of my favourite subjects... The Moon.

Professor Mike Merrifield discusses a recent paper in Nature which may explain why the Moon's relatively smooth on it's earth-facing side... yet quite mountainous on its far side.

They really look like two different objects and I suspect many people wouldn't recognise the Moon if shown a picture of its far side.

Moon Plane

The latest Sixty Symbols video about tides includes a lucky shot.


I'd left my camera in the backyard for a timelapse shot of the moon moving across the sky.

It was only when reviewing the footage did I find a perfect shot of a plane "flying across" at just the right angle.

As bit of a moon enthusiast, I was quite pleased.