The Total Lunar Eclipse of December 2011 was a special one for me – it’s the first one where everything went right. After days of rain, the skies cleared on the night of the eclipse. My equipment worked flawlessly and the seeing was rock steady, giving me my sharpest images of a Total Lunar Eclipse.
Posts by Tag: Lunar Eclipse
The Blood Red Totally Eclipsed Moon
A Total Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth in a straight line, and the shadow of the Earth is cast upon the Moon. The red colour occurs because of scattered sunlight reaching the Moon as it passes through Earth’s atmosphere.
December Full Moon 1 Hour Before the Lunar Eclipse
One our before Total Lunar Eclipse, I was taking some test images, getting focus right, and testing the upload process as I was planning to supply images to SLOOH as part of their lunar eclipse event. The seeing was absolutely fantastic, hardly any movement in the Moon and so I grabbed a quick 100 frames to produce this pre-eclipse Full Moon image.
Pictures of the Total Lunar Eclipse, June 16th 2011
On June 16th 2011, we experienced a Total Lunar Eclipse, where the Full Moon moves into the Earth’s shadow – causing the Moon to turn deep red. I was travelling for work so I lugged 2 cameras and 2 tripods to Brisbane and met up with some IceInSpace friends including Dennis Simmons and Troy Piggins on the foreshore of the Brisbane River, overlooking Story Bridge and the city of Brisbane.
Photos of the Partial Lunar Eclipse, December 21st 2010
On December 21st 2010, we had a Partial Lunar Eclipse – where the Sun, Earth and Moon form a line in the sky and part of the Earth’s shadow is cast upon the Full Moon. I headed out to Avoca to capture the event, and we were fortunate to have great weather – a lovely [...]
From the Vault: Total Lunar Eclipse, 28th August 2007
In the From the Vault series, I feature an older image which hasn’t been seen here before and I talk about the capture and processing and hopefully highlight why this image is special to me. The feature image in From the Vault this week is the Total Lunar Eclipse that occurred on the 28th August, 2007. The [...]
Total Lunar Eclipse, 28th August 2007
A Lunar Eclipse is when the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. Observers in Australia will be able to view the Total Lunar Eclipse on the 28th August, 2007. The Total Lunar Eclipse on August 28th 2007 will be visible in its entirety for all of Eastern Australia and New Zealand, and will be in progress [...]
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My name is Mike Salway and I'm an amateur astronomer and photographer. I'm the co-founder of IceInSpace, and this is my personal blog site and image gallery.
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