Total Lunar Eclipse September 2015

I hadn't planned to be up and about in the middle of the night, but I woke just after 2:30 on Monday morning, stumbled out onto the balcony, clutching my camera, blinked up into the night, and saw it happening.  It was magical.

The picture at the top shows the Lunar Eclipse on Monday 28th September 2015 at 02:47, Hythe, Hampshire.

The pictures below show the Lunar Eclipse on Monday 28th September 2015 at 03:07 and 03:15, Hythe, Hampshire.

To read about the Total Lunar Eclipse September 2015, click on the link below:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2015_lunar_eclipse

Red Arrows.

A spectacular Red Arrows display over Southampton Water last Saturday to mark the opening of the 47th Southampton Boat Show.  A first for the Boat Show and the fourth time lucky for Southampton (three previous scheduled events were cancelled due to bad weather - July 2012 P&O 175th Anniversary, September 2014 Southampton Boat Show, May 2015 Cunard 175th Anniversary).  The weather was perfect, sunshine, a light wind, blue sky, white clouds, and a good twenty-five minutes of loops & rolls, aerobatics, red, white & blue vapour trails, and countless astonishing, jaw-dropping manoeuvres from the 9-plane Red Arrows team.  Bravo Red Arrows, Bravo!

The pictures show the Red Arrows on Saturday 12th September 2015 at 15:08 and 16:04, over Southampton Water, Hampshire.

To see more of my Red Arrows pictures, click on the link below:-

http://susanvale.tumblr.com/post/129152897807/the-red-arrows-aerobatic-display-over-southampton

To read about the Red Arrows, click on the links below:-

http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Arrows

To read about the Southampton Boat Show, click on the link below:-

http://southamptonboatshow.com

My August 2015 In Pictures - Insects.

An explosion in the insect population last month caused my photo challenge to burst at the seams.  Click on the link to take a look:-

http://susanvale.tumblr.com/post/129061487337/my-august-2015-in-pictures-insects-click-on-a

The picture shows a Common Pondskater on Saturday 1st August 2015 at 12:28, Knighton Park, Leicestershire.

To read about the Common Pondskater (Gerris lacustris), click on the link below:-

http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/common-pondskater

To read about Knighton Park, Leicestershire, click on the link below:-

http://www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/our-parks/knighton-park

My August 2015 In Pictures - Butterflies.

The air was filled with butterflies last month, so my photo challenge was an easy choice.  Click on the link to take a look:-

http://susanvale.tumblr.com/post/128908584242/my-august-2015-in-pictures-butterflies-click

The picture shows a Speckled Wood butterfly on Thursday 27th August 2015 at 15:49, West Street Allotments, Hythe, Hampshire.

To read about the Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria), click on the link below:-

http://butterfly-conservation.org/679-746/speckled-wood.html