Total eclipse of the heart… or moon rather

On our last night in cadaques we went out for beer as one does when one is a geologist. It was a full moon and it looked amazing rising over the town. The golden orb… sorry I’m regressing. Anyway… after much camera advice from Paul and Jens I managed to take this photo… and I really like it. It was such a beautiful night. Warm enough to sit outside.

Finally a nice taken at night photo… hooray for timers.

After paella for dinner (this and Spanish tortillas are the only Spanish food I actually like… everything is so oily), we headed back to watch the total lunar eclipse. I was really excited… I mean it is one of the 101 things to do before you die after all (now I am one step closer to dying… well make that half a step since you need to see a solar eclipse too). And yes, I managed to take some photos using Paul’s tripod.

First I will show you without:

Yeah… not that exciting is it… at least it proves I was there!

But during the time when the eclipse was at it’s fullest (can you even say that?) I took this pic with the tripod (I have also zoomed in as far as I can… hooray for zoomy cameras).

How cool is this?

The next morning we got up super-early to drive to Figueres to catch the train. I didn’t mind getting up before the sun though because the drive was one of those amazingly beautiful moments that you aren’t expecting. The sun was rising over Cadaques as we left, staining all the whitewashed building pink and gold. The moon was huge and golden, still visible on the horizon. It was just so devastatingly beautiful (eek is that a bit of HSC 3 unit English coming back to me… maybe I should have said it was “hauntingly evocative”).

And with that I will leave you once more for a time with a pic of the Alps as I flew over them towards Germany and the next post (yeah I know… I’m lame).

The Alps from the plane.