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I didn’t venture further than my front yard to photograph the Super Blue Blood Moon on Wednesday morning because I didn’t have enough time to get anywhere with a good foreground and be back in time to be here for #1 Grandson.
The Eclipse was already underway when I started photographing it. Here’s how I saw it at Totality.
This Moon was special because it was a combination of 3 Lunar occurrences at the same time. It was a “Super Moon”, a moon that is full while at its closest orbit to Earth, with a “blood moon”, so called for the reddish color that it gets as the sunbeams peek around the edges of the Earth, and shine on it, and a “Blue Moon”, because this was the second full moon to occur in a calendar month.
The last time a Total Lunar Eclipse coincided with a “Blue Moon” in the United States was in 1866. Having all three line up together is really rare!
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I saw beauty in a large, glowing super moon but nothing like this stunning, memorable photograph you took!!! Wow, double wow!
You could sell this one! I wish I knew a “connection.”. Hugs, Robin💕 💖
Beautiful shot Deborah! Love the colours. 😍
Thank you so much Lily!
gorgeous!
Thank you very much Lynn! xx
Cool! Love the photograph!
Thank you so much KK!
You are welcome!
Was such a wonderful sight to see! I absolutely love shooting the moon.
Thank you so much! It is a lovely subject isn’t it.
What an amazingly clear photo. Unfortunately it was cloudy in my area of Australia so we didn’t get to see it. Don’t think I will be around in about 150 years when the next one shows…
Thank you! I won’t be around for it either. 🙂
Well that’s amazing! Wonderful capture.
Thanks Joey!
Awesome, Deborah! And I can understand how grandkids can outplay photo ops! 😉
🙂 Thank you so much Donna!
lovely lovely! 🙂
Thank you so much Debi!
you’re welcome 🙂
Awesome, Deborah!
Thank you so much Pam!
Superb photo, Deborah!
Thank you so much Camie!
Beautiful capture Deborah!! I did admire this moon, but unfortunately no captures on my end. I’ve loved seeing all the photos that everyone has taken. It was quite amazing to witness such a rare occurrence as the three lining up at the same time! 🙂
Thank you so much Amy! I’m so glad you had an opportunity to watch it though.
Good catch! I got up at 3:30 a.m. and looked out of my bedroom window and saw the moon was clearly lit and thought maybe I could shoot from my window and avoid the cold morning. Originally, I had planned to drive to Mori Point in Pacifica but that would also require a 20 minute hike to get to the shore and another 10 minute hike up the mountain in the dark so I mulled over what I was going to do. Shooting from my window meant shooting through the window screen and that might not turn out well even if using my long lens so I decided to drive 1.5 miles to Thornton Park to get a clearer view. That worked out well but I lost some clear images as my AF was hunting and I didn’t have my focus peaking turned on. Later I turned on the focus peaking and if I missed anything at the beginning it got better at the end. Well worth the experience but it was cold out there; sometimes you have to do it or not get the chance again.
I got up 15 minutes after you did, but didn’t make it outside until the Eclipse had been in progress a few minutes already. After Totality I packed up and went for a hot cuppa tea followed by a nap. “)
Did you post your images already? I don’t recall getting a notice from Flickr that you posted something new. I’m looking forward to seeing your images!
Yes, I posted some new shots today.
Beautiful photo Deborah!
Thank you so much Belinda!
This is a beautiful photo, Deborah. I think you captured this rare occurrence quite nicely.
Beautiful shot, Deborah.
You should be very proud of that shot, Deborah, it’s fabulous.
Looking great! Amore and I keep nudging each other for the last few days, and no, the moon – although beautiful and big when not hiding behind the clouds – is not even a little bit red…
😦 I know first hand how disappointing that is. I’ve been beaten by clouds and rain in the past while wanting to photograph a Lunar Eclipse.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment Manja! xx
That is one gorgeous shot by a very skilled photographer. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂
Thank you so much Judy for that lovely comment! I appreciate it so much! My head’s a little bigger for it. 🙂
Gorgeous. We couldn’t see all aspects as clearly down here Deborah. Your photo is awesome!
Amazing Capture – thanks for sharing! Was too cloudy here to see, so I appreciate!
Wonderful shot, and thanks for the explanation because I admit to being a little confused 💕
Thank you so much M! I get confused too! There is so much about our Universe to learn and marvel over. I hope I never take a Lunar Eclipse for granted and have to look up what makes it so special. I don’t ever want to lose the magic and wonder of it.
xx
That’s a really beautiful photograph!
Thank you so much for the comment!
Gorgeous photo! I didn’t get to see any of the red – just a great full moon, before the clouds rolled in.
Thank you so much Joanne! There was long swath of cloud that rolled by while I was photographing the Eclipse that I though might grow and ruin my viewing. Thankfully it didn’t.
I’ve been skunked a few times with fog, and low clouds while photographing Lunar Eclipses. I was happy this wasn’t one of those times. You never can count on a good shot during Winter.