Last night, the heavenly bodies aligned perfectly for a total lunar eclipse across North America. Here in Cincinnati, we were fortunate enough to have absolutely clear skies.
Prior to the start of the eclipse, I took a photo of a brilliant moon, 8:27 p.m.
Canon EOS 1D MkII, 100-400L lens, 1/100 @ f11.0
About 8:45, the shadow of the earth started to cross the lower left hand corner of the moon, and progressed until the moon was completely in the shadow of the earth. However, the moon was still visible because of the light passing through the earth’s atmosphere, refracted, and still illuminating the moon, giving it a reddish color. At 10:11 p.m., the moon was in full eclipse.
Canon EOS 1D MkII, 100-400L lens, 2 seconds @ f5.6
The next lunar eclipse visible to North America will be in December, 2010.
DBrent
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Thank you for sharing your moon. I too enjoy watching the transition of the moon to a dimmed orb cast with a pink hue. Although its light was diffused I was comforted knowing it was shining on my lover. Always! LIN
Nice pics of the lunar eclipse. Did you catch Saturn and/or Leo’s heart in any of them? -El
Ellen, unfortunately, no. The exposure for a shot like this is for the brightest thing in the sky–the moon. Astrophotography requires very long exposures and even better telscopic lenses to get capture those distant planets.–DBrent
Your pics are gorgeous!! I need to take lessons from you. Mine were way less than gorgeous–still, I’m glad I was there to capture it.