iceman
29-08-2007, 08:04 AM
Hi All
Wow, what a day!
The Total Lunar Eclipse was absolutely spectacular - I hope you had clear skies in your part of the world and managed to experience the event.
To be able to see the Milky Way, stars right next to the moon and meteors zipping around, all during a full moon, was something special and only possible during a Total Lunar Eclipse.
The event was big for IceInSpace! It was out busiest day, ever, and we broke our own previous records in every department. A few stats:
We had almost 1400 people online at one time last night which brought our server to its knees,
We've had over 260 new user registrations in the last 2 days (bringing us close to the 3000 member milestone!),
The lunar eclipse article has been read over 100,000 times (over 70,000 times yesterday alone), and
Over 14,000 individual people (unique visitors) stopped by IceInSpace yesterday.
I'd like to thank everyone for coming to visit IceInSpace and I hope we get to see many of you again. The Eclipse was fantastic in the way it got people outside and looking up. With all the media coverage for the event, it generated a lot of interest and hopefully a lot of new interest in Astronomy. I'm proud that IceInSpace has helped play a role in promoting Astronomy in our region and providing people a place to find the information they were looking for.
As you can imagine, the images are starting to flood in on the Solar System Forum. Head on over to take a look at people's efforts. All of my shots are still on the camera but I hope to get to them sometime today. As a preview of the type of amazing shots people took, here's a beautiful image during Totality - captured by Andrew Catsaitis from Mangrove Mountain, NSW with his Canon 20D. You can click on the image for a larger view.
Thanks for reading.
Wow, what a day!
The Total Lunar Eclipse was absolutely spectacular - I hope you had clear skies in your part of the world and managed to experience the event.
To be able to see the Milky Way, stars right next to the moon and meteors zipping around, all during a full moon, was something special and only possible during a Total Lunar Eclipse.
The event was big for IceInSpace! It was out busiest day, ever, and we broke our own previous records in every department. A few stats:
We had almost 1400 people online at one time last night which brought our server to its knees,
We've had over 260 new user registrations in the last 2 days (bringing us close to the 3000 member milestone!),
The lunar eclipse article has been read over 100,000 times (over 70,000 times yesterday alone), and
Over 14,000 individual people (unique visitors) stopped by IceInSpace yesterday.
I'd like to thank everyone for coming to visit IceInSpace and I hope we get to see many of you again. The Eclipse was fantastic in the way it got people outside and looking up. With all the media coverage for the event, it generated a lot of interest and hopefully a lot of new interest in Astronomy. I'm proud that IceInSpace has helped play a role in promoting Astronomy in our region and providing people a place to find the information they were looking for.
As you can imagine, the images are starting to flood in on the Solar System Forum. Head on over to take a look at people's efforts. All of my shots are still on the camera but I hope to get to them sometime today. As a preview of the type of amazing shots people took, here's a beautiful image during Totality - captured by Andrew Catsaitis from Mangrove Mountain, NSW with his Canon 20D. You can click on the image for a larger view.
Thanks for reading.