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During the night of June 15th to the 16th, we were lucky enough to watch the first of two lunar eclipses in 2011.

Quite good weather conditions with just a few clouds and a small amount of surrounding light made the beach of Kuredu the perfect place to enjoy this spectacle of nature.

It was a relatively rare central lunar eclipse and with a total duration of almost 5h and 40 min – the longest and darkest since July 2000.

After it’s totality at around 1:30 am (Kuredu time) the full moon reappeared in a play of orange and red before finally disappearing in the early morning hours as always like nothing has ever happened.

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