Rare POA1 Posted April 15, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Sitting outside on eclipse watch duty and who should come steaming into Port Everglades at 1:40 am EDST, but the Westerdam. No horn - because I know someone is going to ask. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted April 15, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Nice view of the total eclipse of the moon. Looks great through binoculars. A smartphone photo would just be a dot, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted April 15, 2014 #3 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Great picture Thank you for sharing the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted April 15, 2014 #4 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thanks for the photo of the Westerdam arriving into port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted April 15, 2014 Author #5 Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Great picture Thank you for sharing the photo. Thanks. The Westerdam is passing by Point of Americas II which sits at the southernmost point of Fort Lauderdale beach. The photo was taken by my phone. I didn't have my camera out on the balcony with me, only my binoculars and my phone. I was waiting for the lunar eclipse to get into full swing when in came the Westerdam. (I get to do "astronomer duty" and then wake my wife once there is something to see.) I am surprised that the photo turned out half decent, since it's (a) dark, and (b) a phone camera. If you have an Android phone, I highly recommend Camera Zoom FX. It's a $2.99 app, but it's well worth it. Edited April 15, 2014 by POA1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted April 15, 2014 #6 Share Posted April 15, 2014 We knew that we wouldn't be able to see the Lunar eclipse because of all the cloud cover -- rain on the way. I don't have one of those fancy phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz chic Posted April 15, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thx for the cool pic. Glad my ship decided to come and get me :D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65 Gator Posted April 15, 2014 #8 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thanks so much for sharing... Cold front here so no eclipse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbhcw Posted April 15, 2014 #9 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Nice picture…thanks:) Will be on her for the second time in September….looking forward to it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love the beach Posted April 15, 2014 #10 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Beautiful picture....thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted April 15, 2014 #11 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thanks for sharing the nice picture. No eclipse for us, white stuff fell out of the sky overnight. I thought it was supposed to be spring, but Old Man Winter is putting up a fight to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted April 15, 2014 Author #12 Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) You may have missed the eclipse, but you're probably much less tired than I am today. :) We had some clouds roll in around 3:15 am just as the total eclipse was reaching its peak, but they blew over in about 10 minutes. We were very lucky. Looks like almost everywhere else had cloud cover. Here's a photo snapped by Fernando Rodriguez of the South Florida Amateur Astronomy Society. Edited April 15, 2014 by POA1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted April 15, 2014 #13 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Nice photos. Thanks for sharing. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solocanadian Posted April 15, 2014 #14 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Great photo. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted April 15, 2014 #15 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thanks for the photos. (:DI imagine Westie was saving up all her tooting for her departure!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon1 Posted April 15, 2014 #16 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thanks for sharing the excellent photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted April 15, 2014 Author #17 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thanks for the photos. (:DI imagine Westie was saving up all her tooting for her departure!) You're very welcome. I often see the ships coming back to Port Everglades in the morning because I'm up. (Gentlemen over 40, you know what I mean.) ;) Waiting for the lunar eclipse was a rare occasion when I was dressed and outside on the balcony and I got a half decent shot of the Westerdam. BTW - The lights in the distance [right hand side of photo] are the Miami skyline. The only time we get toots at night is when it's foggy. As you can imagine, the ocean views and passing ships kind of lose their charm when you hear horns all night. Fog down here is fairly rare, so it's not a frequent occurrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PathfinderEss Posted April 15, 2014 #18 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Awesome photo of the Westerdam coming into PE, thanks POA for posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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