Lunar eclipse next month

[SAR-EMT40]

It looked great on the Kanc.

No pics though I was driving. Besides, all of you take real good pictures.

Keith

 

[Roxi]

Great shot, KDT! That's exactly what the eclipse looked like from Bethlehem. Beautiful! Thanks for posting that.

PI, please tell your husband that while you may be biased, he also took a great photo. Thanks for posting it. Great shot.

 

[MattC]

No pics...
...all of you take real good pictures.

That's usually my approach too!

I had a great view from right out my back window. Cool that we got such a clear night. Early on in the eclipse (maybe 9:30) it seemed to have reddish-brown cast to it.

Matt

 

[marchowes]

Thats my best shot (and now my wall paper)

I learned a lot about how to tweak my camera last night. I'm amazed I managed to pull this shot off

 

[bikehikeskifish]

My Photos

Towards the first half


Close-up fully eclipsed


15-second exposure - note the stars begin to streak


(Canon A570IS in manual mode, full zoom, f/8, ISO100 and 200)

All photos: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/562560354HELMhO


Tim

 

[blacknblue]

I watched the eclipse from the middle of Lake Mascoma, from about 8:30 (no eclipse at all) until about 10:30 (total). We brought out camp chairs and a thermos of hot chocolate to fully enjoy the event. We were cloud-free and it was fascinating to watch the stars come out while the reflection of moonlight on the snowy lake surface went from brilliant to dark.

And, of course, it brought up memories of that glorious lunar eclipse over St. Louis back in October 2004...

 

[Amicus]

It was nice and clear from the Great Hill firetower.

Great choice - remote yet accessible. Did you have it to yourself?

Great pix from KDT and Chez Poison Ivy. You too, MarcHowes - yours is just the view we had from our roof in Cambridge, with Saturn and Regulus. Light pollution obscured hundreds of lesser stars even at zenith (or is it apex?), but those three objects were clear throughout.

We see a Man in the Moon but the Ancients mostly saw a Rabbit. In the red glow of full eclipse, that's what I was seeing too - in left profile.

 

[DougPaul]

My pic at totality:

.5 sec, F5.6, ISO 1600, eFL 312mm

Doug

 

[rocket21]

Great choice - remote yet accessible. Did you have it to yourself?

Yep, just me, the moon, and a few critters running around the woods. Trail was groomed, the tower wasn't too windy (since the bottom half is walled), and I had a place to attach my camera clamp.

I could also see that Whiteface, Passaconaway, and Chocorua were all in the clear. The night skiing lights from Cranmore look pretty neat from a distance, too - I couldn't see the outline of the mountain, so it looked like a line of lights heading into the sky.

 

[giggy]

Went about about 9pm to clear skies, saw the partially eclipsed moon though my binoculars and with my naked eye - walked back into the house.

was gonna check it out again later - but fell alseep.

anyone else get the "whatever" feeling. I didn't get really excited.

 

[rocket21]

anyone else get the "whatever" feeling. I didn't get really excited.

After about 45 minutes of standing in the cold, I did

 

[Tom Rankin]

...anyone else get the "whatever" feeling. I didn't get really excited.

I'd wager if you ever get to see a solar eclipse, you would not 'whatever' it!

 

[darren]

I'd have pix, but the sun was still up out here...

- darren

 

[Bobby]

I'd have pix, but the sun was still up out here...

- darren

and about 70 degrees?

 

[Dr. Dasypodidae]

Nice shots, everyone! Eclipses (lunar or solar) will never be "whatever" for me.

 

[forestgnome]

Very, very nice from Waltham, Mass., where the skies are fine. Winter lunar eclipses are nostalgic for me, ever since experiencing one on the slopes of Mount Jefferson in the early morning hours of January 30, 1972, on a south-north Presi traverse. Wonder if there is anyone on the northern Presi's tonight, albeit probably in the clouds.

That sounds very special. I planned on hiking into the bowl of Tuckerman Ravine but there was too much cloud cover to risk it.

That was a beautiful eclipse. It's wonderful to see all the stars and planets pop out with the nice orange Moon, with out moonlight glare. I tried to capture the whole constellation of Leo, with Saturn and Moon. I didn't get a crisp image, but I surely enjoyed the beautiful natural phenomenon.

 

[Nessmuk]

I'd wager if you ever get to see a solar eclipse, you would not 'whatever' it!

Lunar eclipses are ok and definitely worthwhile as a special event, but you are right, Tom. Once you see a total solar eclipse (a partial or annular doesn't count one iota) it is an indescribably emotional experience. You will come away from it a changed person.

 

[NewHampshire]

Here is my best offering. The event was viewable right from my back deck, so it was nice and easy to set the tripod up. Unfortunately this photo once again reminds me I need to get my hands on a bigger zoom lens....enjoy:

Brian

 

[Edelweiss]

Unusual Phenomenon

I had some difficulty getting good shots of the lunar eclipse on Wednesday, so I took some more moon shots last night. I experimented with shutter speed and one of the results was this shot (shutter speed was too slow so the moon was much too bright). Any ideas about what we're looking at?

http://picasaweb.google.com/jojazz2004/LunarEclipse22008/photo#5169873393374741042

 

[carole]

Any ideas about what we're looking at?

http://picasaweb.google.com/jojazz2004/LunarEclipse22008/photo#5169873393374741042

'Once in a blue moon' comes to mind.