Lunar eclipse sends Kent's sky blood-red
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Red sunset over
Whitstable. Picture: Karol Steele, of Dover
Kent's sky was meant to go blood-red last night - but for much
of the county it was just very cloudy.
The longest total lunar eclipse since 2000 happened in the
evening up to midnight.
But, as Kent weather expert Shaun Maltby explains, the
conditions weren't perfect to be out and about looking at the
sky.
Shaun, who runs kent-weather.co.uk, said: "A
cold front was forecast to move across the county during the
afternoon after what had been a promising start to the
day.
"The timing of the front sadly coincided with the lunar eclipse
and spread low level cloud during late afternoon and gave a very
overcast evening with some light rain.
"There was some hope eastern areas of Kent would remain mostly
cloud free until 7pm to 8pm.
"But the cold front just wasn't wanting to play fair and even
filled cloud in for east Kent just before the lunar eclipse
began."
So did you see it through the clouds? If so let us
know.
E-mail your snaps to multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk and
we'll publish the best ones.
Wednesday, June 15 2011
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