Eclipse

There was, recently, a total eclipse of the sun that could be viewed from that fine land of Oz-Downunder.

There is a magnificent photograph on the Astronomy Picture Of The Day website I'd love to have it here but I don't want to impinge on the photographer's copyright. It is one of the most fabulous photographs of an eclipse I've seen. The photographer has his own website, Terrastro. I shall have to have a look at all the photography there.

As a child I was entranced by the Apollo space programme. I had newspaper clippings of the Apollo 8 mission on my bedroom wall and tracked the progress of the mission each day. I did the same with the other missions up to the last Apollo.

I remain fascinated by space, astronomy & science in general to this day.

And I look at such wonderful photography as those shown on the two websites I give the links to above, and note my extreme lack of talent in the photography department.