Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Lunar Eclipse

Early this morning there was a lunar eclipse. From what I have read, The last lunar eclipse that fell on the winter solstice was back in 1638, a rare occurrence for sure. I took some photos of the eclipse, both outside and from a second story window. Below are three of the best photos, a little grainy but not bad for a cheap 300mm lens:

Lunar Eclipse 1

Lunar Eclipse 2

Lunar Eclipse 3

20 comments:

  1. Eerie, isn't it? Happy un-equinox to you!

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  2. Amazing shots! Unfortunately, we had cloudy skies in Maine.

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  3. Beautiful pictures. I was planning to wake up to see the eclipse...slept right through it

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  4. I am so glad you shared these! We had heavy overcast skies so were denied the opportunity to see this event. Your photos are stunning though and now I get to see what I missed. What a strange and interesting phenomenon.

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  5. Those are great shots! The moon was half obscured when I went to bed, but I couldn't stay awake long enough to see the whole show.

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  6. Very nice! Seems a lot of ppl had cloudy skies, including us. I would have slept right through it anyway! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. So pleased you posted these..they are great shots!!

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  8. Very pretty. I thought about it, but it was cloudy when I went to bed, so just slept through it all. It was snowing when I went to bed.

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  9. Looks like you got a perfect view! We had some clouds obstructing our view. Your camera is awesome for getting those shots!

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  10. Happy Winter Solstice, everyone! Great photos, Dan :)

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  12. We looked out for the eclipse too, in Hampshire, UK, but our sky was too overcast and we didn't see it. What a shame. These things don't happen very frequently.

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  13. Beautiful pictures you snapped...

    Merry Christmas...

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  14. Beautiful! Wouldn't you know we'd have one of our very rare cloudy nights, so we missed the red moon.

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  15. Wonderful photos Dan! I heard about this on the radio but didn't see it myself.

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  16. Great pictures, thank you for sharing, unfortunately not visible here in Perth, Western Australia. Irma from urbanveggies.blogspot.com

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