What a marvelous night for a moon-dance (to quote the philosopher Van Morrison).
Last night, I took a "preview" shot of the nearly full moon...
But, the real show was this evening: a Super Moon and a lunar eclipse. We knew we were going to miss the first part of the eclipse, because of how far west we are. Still it was interesting viewing - coming up between the trees...
As the minutes ticked by, more of the moon went into the shadow...
And, the reason it is called "a blood moon"...
In full eclipse, the Earth is throwing its shadow on the moon, so there is very little reflected light, making it appear to nearly disappear; just a bit of the reddish color showing.
As the moon moves out of the Earth's shadow, the lights starts coming back...
These were all hand-held images (didn't bring a tripod), so there were some slow shutter speeds to capture any given shot. An interesting evening, sitting outside, watching it all unfold.
2 comments:
Great pics Jim!
Thanks, Mark. It was quite a show.
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