Depending on where you are in the world, there will be a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday night. The next total eclipse (visible in North America), won't be for nearly four years...

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmo...E2008Feb21.html

Mike.

The 21st is Thursday!

Thanks for that outstanding link. Excellent data for doing your own eclipse photography and I will certainly give it an attempt Wednesday evening.


Best,

Yes it is, but the eclipse is on Wednesday. I believe they got the html link wrong, as the site (if you bother to check it) says Wednesday as well.

And to Bill, you're welcome!

Mike.

"Total Lunar Eclipse: February 20, 2008"

As far as I can read, it's on Wednesday evening for you Americans, and Thursday morning for us in old Europe (4-5AM@GMT+1).

Next total lunar eclipse in Europe : June 15, 2011, on evening (meaning maybe some potential to mix it with the sunset?).

Just my luck ... cloudy skies over Utah

Thin clouds right now near Boston. Not great for photos, but the eclipse is gorgeous as I write this.

Unfortunately it was a little cloudy down here in Costa Rica - I do not have a tripod - my fastest and longest lens is my Nikkon 18-200VR f5.6.

Nikon D40 - 18-200 @ 200mm - - - - all heavily cropped obviously



Manual Exposure - f8 @ 1/250 second 400ISO


Manual Exposure - f8 @ 1/160 second 400ISO


Manual Exposure - f5.6 @ 1/2 second 400ISO


Manual Exposure - f5.6 @ 1/2 second 400ISO


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Proof that the "SUNNY 16 RULE" applies to the moon as much as it does the earth:



ISO 200 - - - f16 @ 1/200'th second


What a view from my spot on the sidewalk at 11:00PM tonight (12:00PM eastern time) - I just about fell asleep for the night under the Costa Rican skies:


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Cloudy here in Hemet, CA. Was able to see just the beginning of the shadow creep over the moon before the clouds took over and hid it all.

Ciao,

Doug

Was clear and beautiful. Had an incredible sinus headache and it was about 30 billion degrees below zero. So I sat inside watching south park while hoping my head wasn't going to explode before the fistful of pain killers and whatnot could take hold.

Hey Rob! Nice shots. Fast production, too.

Here in my part of the Bay Area, there was a very thin veil of cloud over it, which made it very pretty (better weather than this morning, when it was raining). It wasn't in a great place for photography where I was, though (lots of not-very-scenic buildings on the near horizon), so I didn't try any photos; I just enjoyed the spectacle.

Lisa

P.S. Cool, cool photos, Rob!

Overcast in Hawaii
Marc
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There was a break in the clouds during the eclipse (from Burnaby SFU, British Columbia)

G9, 200mm, f/4.8, ISO 100, 2.5 sec.

Cloudy in southwest Colorado, got nothing.

We had a break between rain storms last night here in Los Angeles and skies were clear during the eclipse. I was still at work, so just enjoyed the event.

Paul

It happened at 4am here. And I was asleep

Come on! My thermometer only went down to 27 billion below.
Thought about setting up in the garage and opening up the garage door, but I have responibilities that take place around that time, so the best I could do is the quick look out the window. Yes it's cold, but at least it keeps the misquitos away...

Unfortunately I do not have any software with me for layering composites, so FTP'd a selection of my files from last night to my 3D animation buddy in Canada so that he could arrange them into a sequence. This was his result:



Here is the full size version of what he made up:

Rob_eclipse_comp_01.jpg


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Rob,

That is incredibly cool! Thanks for sharing it.

Thank you - and you are welcome. My son back in Canada Skyped me to tell me that he has put this composite on his desktop, says it looks pretty cool. I'm wanting to make a nice 10"x40" or so print of it when I get home and frame it.

Probably not as cool as Rob's, but here is what I got out of the eclipse (besides 4 hours standing outside in the freezing Toronto night):

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Despite it only showing full to total eclipse here, I photographed the whole thing and am thinking of something to do with the whole sequence.

Unfortunately I'm too far south to see the eclipse but here is a shot I took from New Zealand last August.

6 seconds @ 800 ISO with a 1D MrkII


Dave