Noel and I became backyard astronomers, err, make that front yard astronomers, on the evening of Monday August 27 / morning of Tuesday, August 28 during the lunar eclipse. Noel set up the camera, long lens, and tripod a few feet from our front door and we took a series of shots from the early stages to the middle of the event. We gave up near 1:00 AM as we felt we'd seen the best and a wide cloud rolled in and obscured any further viewing. I don't recall ever seeing a really good lunar eclipse like this one so it was fun for me. I have great memories of watching a solar eclipse back in St. Lucia with students one afternoon when school was in session, passing around and sharing one small piece of glass removed from a welder's helmut to see it safely (it was a vocation school). Sadly, no pictures to share from back then. How that would be different now!
Here's the eclipse progression - maybe over an hour and a half or so.
Here's the eclipse progression - maybe over an hour and a half or so.
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