Total Lunar Eclipse 28th September 2015

Today we could observe a very special total lunar eclipse of the harvest moon. 

The full moon is covered by the shadow of the earth while he's at nearest distance to the earth.  - due to its elliptic orbit around the earth. That's why he 's 10% taller and 30% brighter than usual.

Additionally to that, once fully covered, he glows red. The vernacular says, it's a 'bloody moon'.

Okay, I set the alarm on 2 am CET and started to observe the shadow 'swallowing' the moon

 27th Sept. - 19:38 CET

The moon at night: 2:21-2:58 am CET

from this moment I tried various adjustments to find the best angle and image of the red moon

no photoshop - just a 300mm lens, a cut-out and pure joy at  4:45 CET

It's a dance of the sun, the earth and the moon 

5:28 CET

at least, the sun 'wins' and takes back the moon ;-)

5:41 - 6:50 CET

 

another adjustment

while the moon is in full 'bloom' again, the day rises in the east 

6:50 CET

Hope you enjoyed the astronomic event.

All photos taken by Amalia Koslowski

Finished 26th September 2015 + updated 23rd June 2016 + updated 21st July 2019

170 Pieces

"Chocolate" by StockFood

Ravensburger, 2015

Okay, now I completed the actual collection of small, vertical jigsaw puzzles (those edited by now). Hopefully there'll be more puzzles the next years - and be sure: I'll assemble them, too :-)

Here's my collection:

 

 

Paris - New York - London

Finished 23rd September 2015

170 Pieces

Disney Castle

Ravensburger, 2013

It seems like my collection of small panoramic views is still incomplete 

 I already bought the missing one called 'chocolate' :-))

Serdeczne podziękowania! ... to my polish visitors

I am very proud to tell you that I just found a wonderful 

reference for my blog in a polish jigsaw puzzle forum

*click*

 "Niedawno znalazlem ten niezwykly blog robiony przez Lia z Niemiec. 

Doslownie tysiace puzzli. Polecam!"

I don't speak polish and so I translated this reference word by word to german (via leo)

and this is what Rafcio said: "Recently I found this exceptional blog made by Lia from Germany. Literally thousands and thousands of jigsaw puzzles. Recommend!"

I say thank you very much = serdeczne podziękowania

and hope you enjoy your visit!

Pozdrowienia

Lia

Finished 20th September + updated 23rd Sept.

171 Pieces

"Back to nature"

by laszlolorik/Fotolia (2015)

still not all small Ravensburger finger exercises!
That's why I removed the small pictures.

Vintage jigsaw puzzle catalogues (6)

 

This catalogue is marked with coloured squares to show, 

which series were edited in selected european countries.

See also MB 1970ies

reverse side: