The weather FINALLY cooperated and I was able to watch the lunar eclipse this morning. I had some fun with my camera taking these photos of it. The photos captured a different view than what my eye saw. Sometimes I liked what the camera captured better sometimes my eyes view was better.
I think my roommate and I may have freaked our neighbors out by sitting out in the road with my tripod. They were totally oblivious to the awesome sight happening before their eyes.
If you look carefully you can see that the bottom right corner is still light. This portion of the moon was not in the shadow yet when I finally pulled myself out of bed to look at it.
I think it is cool that you can see the stars in these photos. They were not visible to the eye. I didn't know they were there until I saw the picture.
This was the eclipse at its fullest just before it started to get light again.
You may not be able to tell very well but the following three pictures you can see the moon getting lower in the sky. I did not move my tripod between these photos.
And these pictures were only about 90 seconds apart. Watching with my eyes I couldn't tell how much the moon had moved but with the photos it is very obvious.
This was the moment(below) when we started to see the moon getting light again. You can see the top right corner is a little brighter than the rest.
Still getting brighter.
Now it is a little more obvious.
This one is a good one to see the line of light on the moon. So neat. I love the tree in the pic too.
Big increase in how much of the moon is not in shadow anymore from the last photo. Again so gradual you don't notice much with your eyes.
Here is a different setting to see how much of the moon was in shadow. You can't see the red part just the white.
This one reminds me of a Halloween Moon. The whispy clouds around it and the trees.
I love the glow on this picture.
The red section is getting smaller.
Just about half way out now.
Here is the last of my photos as the moon sunk below the trees.
It looks like the sun rising not the eclipsed moon setting.
It was so cool to watch the lunar eclipse. I think our world is AMAZING with all its wonders. So cool. Thanks for letting me share this awesome experience with you.
While I was out there I took some photos of the stars because my camera could see ones I could not.
This one was very bright. I am wondering if it was a planet and not a star. Anyone know? It was near Orion at the time.
