The Lunar Eclipse: PhotoShelter’s Front Row Seats

My first attempt at time lapse photography. It was a labor of love because it was coooooollllldddd and my tripod is cheap. I know what I’m going to ask Santa for! http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1781044568727&oid=109872545704185&comments

Love everyone’s work. Like a shared experience. South Florida was cooler than normal but the skies were clear. I really enjoyed watching the eclipse, the unusual lighting and the red color reminded me of a heated stone. -Shane

“Last night, something cool happened in the solar system – a lunar eclipse – which apparently won’t come around again until 2094.” Technically what made last night’s Lunar Eclipse special, is that it was full, visible in all of the United States, AND happened on the Winter Solstice. Full lunar eclipses are relatively common (2 per year). Having a full lunar eclipse that you can see without traveling to it, less so, and seeing a Full Lunar Eclipse on the Winter Solstice, only once every 500ish years. More info: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunar.html

Here’s one version as a composite: http://angier-fox.photoshelter.com/image/I0000.fuo3qGUr7E and with Orion through the terrestrial clouds above earth: http://angier-fox.photoshelter.com/image/I0000Uj6TC7ZRKWo

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150104131643973&set=a.175883418972.152695.519758972 I took this on Okaloosa Island, Florida. The moon was just coming out of the eclipse.

Here’s the view from the Germantown section of Philadelphia: http://davetavani.com/Dave_Tavani_Freelance_Photography/Dave_Tavani_Freelance_Photography_Blog/Entries/2010/12/21_Winter_Solstice_Lunar_Eclipse.html

Here is how the lunar eclipse looked seen from Iceland. Photo by Bjorn Ruriksson. http://trivoxphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Lunar-eclipse/G0000i3Ick7ZLC4s/I0000SOiHoEIwzLk

I missed the lunar eclipse last night… But I did photograph one in 2008, which is still one of my favorite composited photos (17 images in total): http://EruditeExpressions.com/archives/6297_1579073640/280747

I got to photograph the lunar eclipse from my fire escape in Brooklyn! Here’s a link to the sequence:http://bit.ly/gfGIjO

Here’s some lunar eclipse photos from Eagle River, AK as well as other astrophotography: http://rbulson.photoshelter.com/gallery/Astrophotography/G0000JI9SoT7rC1A/

Thank you Photoshelter! I was going to post a link to my photo but you beat me to it, and the first one on the page, I’m honored. I remember wondering how many other photographers were out shooting the same moon, it’s nice to see so many great images of it by fellow photoshelter photographers. Here’s a link to my little blogpost about the image: http://scottshotsphoto.blogspot.com/2010/12/total-lunar-eclipse-on-winter-solstice.html

There was a snowstorm in the northern part of Iceland where I live, but for few moments the sky cleared and I got few frames with 700 mm. http://photos.gudmann.is/gallery/Moon-Eclipse/G0000R.Ln9MQYUCg

GAAAAAAAA It was cloudy and it rained here in Japan. Deeply jealous of everyone else, but well done for those great images above.

Please check your facts before printing it: Next Total Luna Eclipse in 2014 Apr 15. 2014 actually has two the second is Oct 8 and both can been seen in the US. For more see NASA’s web site http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEdecade/LEdecade2011.html — Happy holidays to all of you from all of us

I didn’t have the proper lense to shoot it up close so I chose to shoot time lapse of the eclipse. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfGA5urlNuc

I took these pictures from Panama, nearby the canal. At he begining It was totally cloudy and rainy but it was only at the beginning. Suddenly the clouds dissapeared after one week raining and raining. It was incredible, I coud not believe that. Happy Christmas!!!!!