I am so sorry...
...for posting this terrible foto, but I have not learned how to take the night sky and I wanted to post a picture of the moon in total eclipse. We had a total lunar eclipse last night, lasting about four hours with the totality lasting about two hours. Logically, it would seem that the moon should disappear when it enters completely into the shadow of the earth, but actually the earth's atmosphere bends the rays of the sun on the red end of the spectrum, so the moon appears to be an orange ball in the sky. It's a bit eerie, since we're so use to seeing the moon as a disk and not as the ball that it represents. Anyway, forgive me. I'll try to do better next time.
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Dianna 02/09/2007 2:47
I am glad you posted it! :-))))DRAGA PUC 31/08/2007 10:45
thanks Tom, It is really something new for me, have never seen it .....kind regards,
draga
Luc Grollie 30/08/2007 20:22
chin up mate, never seen a 'peeping tom' before.....thanx for the effort !!!!!
greetz,
Véronique Soulier 30/08/2007 17:56
Our best pics are in our heads !! always but it must have been a great event, always very spectacular.. bye VSDennis Maloney 30/08/2007 2:45
....Ahh...come on Tom, you better check your glass of Hawaiian punch...:-}))) ... just kidding, we had one here too, but I did not know about it till it was to late to set-up the camera....nice image of the lunar eclipse...kinda mars'y lookin'...regards, denVesela Maleeva 29/08/2007 19:50
Lovely copper tones!Ves
Anca Silvia B. 29/08/2007 19:43
Thank you Tom!I didn't see it on TV .
Cheers,Anca
Reinhard... 29/08/2007 18:02
You saw a Moon eclipse last night, great!We had it some mounth ago but behind clouds, you have a shot me not ;-)
Cheers
Reinhard
BRYAN CRUTE 29/08/2007 16:27
I tried recently with this exact shot, its not as easy as you think.Great effort Tom.
Regards
Bryan
Michael Henderson 29/08/2007 15:56
Don't be sorry. At least you tried and I thinks you captured a fine one. Yea it's a little blurry but its a shot and you get better with each one. Thanks for sharing.Best Wishes.
Mike
Jaime Crystal Attenborough 29/08/2007 13:45
i also loved it, it was the most amazing thing. great capture, just seeing it is worth itwe were outside all night freezing enjoying :)
J
The Eclipse
Jaime Crystal Attenboroughshining down on us
Jaime Crystal AttenboroughCanan Oner 29/08/2007 12:26
You don't need to be "sorry" for this pic.Tom.I enjoyed seeing the lunar eclips and percieved all your effors for taking this photo. For me its nice:))
Cheers, Canan
CsomorLászló 29/08/2007 9:54
-:)))Massimo Carolla 29/08/2007 9:13
Tom the next time you take a rocket !!! ;-)) Don't worry it's beautiful can see this spectacle, thanks for sharing, ciao !!!Gerryj 29/08/2007 7:50
It isn't a "terrible" photo--I think it's beautiful, and certainly 200% better than anything I could have done, so thanks for posting. I love it.Gerry