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Lunar Eclipse at Sunset
P hotographed with a Canon 1Ds with Canon 500mm f/4L IS lensISO 400 — 1/13 sec @ f/11
...to experience a sense of forever,to step beyond the reach of historyand outside the perimeter of human time itself.— fromPilgrimage; Gideon Bosker and Lena Lencek
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In the early spring of 2003 I read inAstronomymagazine that there would be a lunar eclipse in mid-May. Since I'm a bit of an astronomy buff I found this of interest, but it wasn't until I came to the place in the article that the timing was discussed that my interest really became piqued. I saw that the eclipse would be visible from the west coast of North America at sunset on the 15th. I realized that I would be able to shoot the moon risingwhile it was in eclipse,and with the foreground landscape still illuminated by sunset glow — a terrific photographic opportunity. The questions then was — exactly where to shoot it from, with what equipment, and how to ensu...

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