Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Lunar Eclipse 10/8/2014


   
   Left for work over an hour early to try to photograph the lunar eclipse.  Took the first photo as I was loading up the car, before the eclipse started.
5:06 AM
  The first place I looked to set the photo gear was a lakeside park on the shore of America's Great Lake, but 30 mph winds had the beach sand blowing and drifting across the parking lot.  Plan B was to set up a little closer to work, a decision that cost me photos of the beginning of the eclipse, but allowed me to get the more important totality shots right up to the time I needed to be through the gate.
5:32 AM

5:50 AM

6:08 AM

6:10 AM


6:29 AM
  An added bonus to this lunar show was that the planet Uranus was just over a half of a degree from the Moon at the time it was immersed in the Earth's shadow.  It was the first time I was able to photograph the 7th planet from the Sun.  Insert your own middle school joke here.....

   Earlier in the week I took some practice sunset shots for the partial solar eclipse coming up on the 23rd.
leaning light

cropped image

5 comments:

  1. It was nice to see Uranus in the photo...

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  2. Though you can't tell from the photograph, Uranus is much larger than the Moon.

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  3. I never realized how Large Uranus is..........(come on!!!)

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    1. Most people who have seen Uranus are awestruck by its blue-green hue.

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    2. Since I have never seen Uranus,I didn't realize it was that colourful

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