On Movember 14th Australia and New Zealand witnessed a partial to full solar eclipse, when the moon comes between the sun and the earth momentarily putting us in darkness. From Fox Glacier we saw about 60% of the sun covered over the course of 2 hours. I was up on the glacier during a training event but we all took time out to peer at the sun through a makeshift viewing scope of 5 pairs of sunglasses overlapped. It is not often you that get to witness an event of such dramatic intensity. It was a beautiful eclipse that you can watch in time lapse taken from the observatory in Lake Tekapo to the east of me.
You may also have noticed that I wrote Movember... not November. This is because it is officially Movember, the month in which you grow a mustache to support research efforts towards prostate and testicular cancer. I have entered the game a bit late due to appearance restrictions but now I am participating 100% as a Mo Bro. I have decided to take on the symmetrical Mo style Ram's Horns. This is to compete with my unbalanced Monkey's Tail style of last year. Please visit my Mo page to learn more and to donate as much as you see fit to support research efforts.
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| 2012 Ram's Horns |
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| 2011 Monkey's Tail |
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