Lunar Eclipse Photos April 2014

Here you have some photos we took during the eclipse, I hope you like.

Lunar eclipse April 2014

April 2014 Lunar Eclipse
A total lunar eclipse will occur on the morning of April 15, 2014, the first of two total lunar eclipses of the year. This eclipse begins a series of four total eclipses, with a difference of about six months, called tetralogy of eclipses or later Eclipses Moons blood.1 tetrad will be those of October 8, 2014, April 4, 2015 and September 28, 2015.
The eclipse will be visible on April 15 in the Pacific Ocean, including Australia, and North and South. The moon will pass south of the center of the shadow of the Earth. As a result, the northern part of the moon will be noticeably darker than the southern part. It will happen during the upward phase of the orbit of the moon, part of Lunar Saros 122.
Observation:Because the moon is not necessary, go to any special place to observe this event, it is important to be in a comfortable and safe place.The lunar eclipse will occur in the constellation Virgo (ie to the southeast), close to the star Spica, we also have the planet Mars nearby.
On the other hand, if you prefer, Griffith Observatory broadcast the eclipse live on the Internet at the following address http://www.griffithobservatory.org/exhibits/special/Lunar_Eclipse_April_2014.html?oeidk=a07e8zhut3o95c8bff8&llr=iz57rbcab
Key moments:The most important point to note is 11: 00-12: 0020:54 start penumbralPartial begins 21:58Total starts 23:07Half of the eclipse 23:47Total ends 12:25 a.m.Ends partial 1:33 a.m.Ends penumbral 2:38 a.m.

Journey to the Center of the Earth- Jules Verne

Original title: Voyage au centre de la terre.

For centuries, a scroll written with Runic hieroglyph, has remained hidden inside a book that aide in the hands of Professor Otto Lidenbrock, after a few days trying to translate their content encryption chance and Runic writing which gets his nephew Axel, from this point the whole story unfolds.

It is aimed at Reykjavik, Iceland. They speak with the governor of that city which provides them with a guide who will lead them to the volcano, indicated on parchment, Arne Sakmussemm, when they reach the mouth of the volcano waiting for climate will be favorable, and glide on a large crater depth when they reach the end, you will find a gallery with two apparently identical tunnels of Professor Otto Lidenbrock sings. On the right, des for several day I walked arrive combines gallery where there is no escape and without them that no water, they decide to return to the previous gallery when they Axel, fainted from lack of water Professor Otto Lidenbrock, it gives you a little of what he had left in his pumpkin.
After a conversation with Axel, that it agrees that if they find water in one day return and are launched by the tunnel to the left, after a long journey is Hans know the guide, which is set to be a hole in the wall where the rumor of a tributary of water can be heard once again with water provided decide to continue your journey.

In this Axel you are lost in a maze, helped by the indications of his uncle, gets out and reach the sea where fish carcasses.

Here they are set to build a raft to cross over this sea or lake, but the journey is much longer than they expected, in this part they hit a ichthyosaur and plesiosaur that are fighting and do not realize his presence.

During the trip there is a storm, threatening the lives of all, thanks to Hans survive, only to realize that the storm has rolled back instead of forward, which is not like anything the group.

While investigating the shore where there is a forest and animals of the Tertiary, found with a knife that belonged to Arne Saknussemm, which had been there 300 years before and found a rock that indicates the way forward, which is obstructed by a large rock, is if they decide to use dynamite to Brice way, but the explosion of dynamite causes a terrible wave that leads through different corridors and galleries to one that is vertical and where the water begins to rise rapidly. But it turns out one of the openings of the volcano Vesuvius in Italy.

As sad thing is that they never reach the center of the earth due to the accident with gunpowder, they were only some 1,500 miles from their goal.

Around the Moon- Julio Verne

Original title: Autour de la Lune.

Is the continuation of The Moon Travel wing where Barbicanne Impey, Michel Ardan, Nochll. Into the bullet or racing car that would take them to the moon with all its equipment that Michel Ardan swelled with animals than anyone expected, but during the trip ran into a meteor that diverted them a few degrees preventing their landing that turned them on Moon when they completed their circumference discovering that you can not not-had inhabited water etc. And there was more that they were going to die in this state at the last minute decided to change your route on the moon falling but could be because when you turn on the rocket base the ship turned towards the earth with his incredible speed setting that would survive entry into the atmosphere should fall into the water would shatter.

From the Earth to the Moon-Julio Verne

Original title: De la Terre à la Lune

The story addresses the situation of inactivity, of the Gun Club. And remember its most splendid days, a conversation between some passionate tireless workers, who indulged in a ballistic calculations, and thought only to improve the weapons they already Avian created, but the absence of war, no a vow and put a plan in vain as some cause.
The Gun Club was founded in Baltimore, Maryland City during the American Civil War, military conflict that took place from 1861-1865; Between the United States of America (the Union and eleven states;.. Southern secessionists organized as the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy in the South East conflict is also known as; "war between the states" And another. most popular name is, "the Civil War".
In this time of conflict it was founded with the goal of creating weapons of all kinds, of all calibers and especially not unimaginable forces, exceeding the (European or the old Continent)
When everything seemed that the Gun Club was closing, comes a letter from President Impey Barbicane, asking them to join him in Baltimore, to make them aware of communication most important: It is carrying a projectile to "Luna" the idea was to fuck with enthusiasm by all members of the Gun Club, who were about five thousand people, the population of the United States generates.

Naturally you have to think about all the difficulties this entailed, astronomical, industrial, mechanical ... The time needed to build the missile and its cannon and especially economic, to be overcome before; "December 1 of the year following eleven least thirteen minutes and twenty seconds, we are October 7," and any delay would mean that they would wait 18 years for the "moon" was again under favorable conditions for the launch Missile.

A real adventure against time and especially when Michel Ardan, a French telegraph to President Impey Barbicane, asking to modify the projectile to allow the transport of a person, the news creates excitement around the world, and how do you the same character It happens to be accompanied by two other people. A real moon adventure !

Captain Antifer- Jules Verne

Original title:: Mirifiques Aventures de Maître Antifer

It all starts when a stranger Ship, with an unknown captain. He goes in search of an unknown island in an unknown sea.

Actually this unknown ship is commanded by Captain Zo, and for the last fifteen months he has seek an "unknown island," for cartographers. I wanted to find this island was his to migo Kamylk Pasha, who accompanied him on the trip. Which she was an Egyptian, who had a huge fortune in diamonds, rubies, gold, silver and other jewelry, worth a hundred million francs.

He wanted to hide this fortune, his cousin Murad, who was his only heir who was six years younger than him, and his enemy by political ideologies, Kamylk-Pasha is even prepared jettison his enormous fortune if not Islet is the case before it fell into the hands of his cousin.
On September 9 at twilight, the lookout, currency earth, according to the maps in that location should not have land along several leagues round bone found in the much desired to hide this treasure island.

Kamylk Pasha, was cast prisoner and sentenced to death after capitulation of Jaffa, March 6, with a group of four thousand soldiers during the war that kept Napoleon Bonaparte to conquer Egypt and later as he fled from his cousin He enjoyed the support of the viceroy of Egypt, who wanted to seize his fortune. In these circumstance, three people get help to escape several times, moving his vast fortune from Egypt to Syria, and has then escape from Syria, declared war when the viceroy of Egypt, inspired by his cousin. And to let them inherit this vast fortune the following people:
These people live in different parts of the globe: one was called Thomas Antifer and was captain and lived in Saint-Malo in Brittany, France, which saved his life for the killing of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The other was Zambuco, a banker who was originally from Malta but who had spent many years living as a lender in Tunisia, and was the one who put his safe in Aleppo in Syria with his fortune.

The latter, called Tyrcomel, who was a esquire, who lived in Edinburgh, Scotland in England.

To all this he sent a letter notifying that in some years later compensate them for they services, leaving a legacy his enormous fortune, equally, less than one percent of that wealth belonging to the executor for having informed Kamylk death Pasha, and where that is the "unknown island".

This was a notary executor of Alexandria in Egypt called Ben-Omar.

Thus when Ben-Omar, twenty years later visit the Pasha Kamylk death in prisons in Cairo, the son of Thomas Antifer, having died this in his old age without receiving the letter. Begins an adventure through Europe, middle Eastand Africa, across the sea and by land. Interesting and fun to unite all surrogates and go in search of the "Unknown Islet". Especially when the scene comes Sauk, who was the son of Murad, who also hated Kamylk Pasha, like his father.

Michael, the czar's courier - Jules Verne

Original title: Michel Strogoff. De Moscou à Irkutsk

The story begins when the city of Irkutsk, capital of Eastern Siberia, has been incommunicado for an uprising in snooze by Ogareff, and a group of exiles to Siberia, which had the support of a Tartar invasion, to kill the great Duke, brother of the Czar, located at that time in that city, and culminate with the Russian conquest.

The Zar is aware of these plans a few months ago by anonymous letters prepared a counter action to the invasion lasted as little as possible and save the life of his brother, but the facts rushed too fast and could not finish the Czar measures designed to control the invasion.

But he could not contact his brother that the Tartars have cut telegraph wires with Moscow. In itself that decides to send a member of the Czar mail to this risky mission elects Michael, who must negotiate the Ural Mountains, mountains, plains, wetlands, and a thousand other dangers on a heroic journey. In which he must not be alone and is accompanied by a girl he meets on a train, called Nadia. he lives with great and exciting adventures to survive during these endless events where Nadia saves, and guides when he recognized that upon reaching an inn that was near his mother greet you try calling him by name and more later Ogareff to recognize blinded him here after many adventures Nadia represent a very important role in your life