Early this morning, the earth, the moon, and the sun lined up perfectly so that the earth's shadow landed on the moon. This lunar eclipse was special because it was a super moon, meaning that the moon was very close to the earth, relatively speaking, so it looked bigger. And it was a "blue moon," meaning that it was the second full moon during this calendar month. This picture was taken just before 5:00 a.m. and is slightly before full eclipse.
This picture is taken around 5:30 am and is at full eclipse.
You can read some of our previous eclipse posts here and here.
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. Thanks for getting up early to capture these images!
ReplyDeleteI also like that the moon is not alone. We see several stars immediately, and when I magnified the image, others were faintly visible. Very nice!