BlueShadow photos on Flickr

After witnessing the crimson drama of a lunar eclipse, we packed our telescopes and prepared to leave Montezuma Pass. But through the windshield, the sky whispered one more lesson. I stepped out again — this time without the EdgeHD, without the heavy gear — only a cellphone in hand.

Stretching above the mountains was the delicate pink arc known as the Belt of Venus. Beneath it, a deep bluish band — Earth’s shadow itself — rising opposite the Sun. This is the same shadow that had painted the Moon red hours before. Now, at dawn, we see it from the outside: our planet casting its vast silhouette into its own atmosphere.

The rosy glow forms as sunlight scatters through long atmospheric paths, reddened by Rayleigh scattering, then backscattered toward the antisolar horizon. Below it, the darker band marks the true geometric shadow of Earth projected onto the sky. Standing at 6,500 feet above sea level, I watched the Moon quietly set into the mountains — retreating as Earth’s shadow climbed.

From blood moon to blue shadow, the night completed its circle.

Captured in RAW panorama, stitched in PTGui and processed in Photoshop, this image is a reminder: sometimes the most profound astronomy happens after we think the show is over.

Morning light - two umbrellas by Peg Becks

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Walked into the hallway/mud room and there was the golden morning light. Wow! Two old umbrellas, vintage pack basket from LLBean, and the light through the blue bottle on the windowsill. Vague morning shapes.

Halloween Dress by rupolgara

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TAG GAME: CREATE YOUR PONY by Sara

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Blueshadow

Creato da Daddarosa

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by Rock Water

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BLUEShadow by El Datura Futbal Klub

Lakeview Cemetery by Diann*

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"The winter sun creeps by the snow hills;

The stubborn season has made stand."

T.S. Eliot

blueshadows by UnkieDave

Winter Shadows in Michigan by Lee Rentz

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Blue winter tree shadows in central Michigan, USA

BlueShadow.jpg by FotoHeinz77

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GR CITY 02 10 2011-5699 by RichardDemingPhotography

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Blue Shadows by Bob White

Local Grass Valley blues band performing at a house party across the street

Shadow 1749 by David Ryan

blue shadow by Antigone

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de nouvelles fleurs, un autre vase, un peu de soleil... encore quelques photos :)

new flowers, another vase, a little sun... still some photos:)

Blue Shadows by Wendy-Wooxxx

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Sandringham Luminaire 22. Taken hand-held with sony mirrorless camera

Sweet Droplets by Douano

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Trees and Shadows in Battle Creek by Lee Rentz

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Trees and shadows at sunset on a winter day in downtown Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Harbour Shadows by Glass Horse 2017

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Low Tide viewed from the Swing Bridge in Whitby Harbour

Blue Shadow by PelicanPete

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Sunset ~ Florida Everglades

Bramme 11 - Serra's shadow and mine by Thomas Frei

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Richard Serra: Bramme für das Ruhrgebiet, Schurenbachhalde Essen 1998.

(15m high slab placed on an old heap - just in the center of the Ruhr-area)

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GR CITY 02 10 2011-5717 by RichardDemingPhotography

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BlueShadows by Mikhail Shipilin

French Alps, Grenoble

Canon 24-105/4L

Blue Glass Swan copyright by Sherry Bowen

Blue Glass Swan Shadow

nude with blue shadow by David Isbester

Sawmill in the Elkhorns by Maureen Shaughnessy

An old sawmill out in the middle of the ranch ... quiet today because no one is working it. It's the day of Winter Solstice, the sun is warm on our backs, the shadows are long and blue and that warm shed-of-a-sawmill beckons.

White Oak Leaf in Snow in Michigan by Lee Rentz

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White Oak, Quercus alba, fallen leaf caught in fallen snow and casting long, blue morning shadows in central Michigan, USA

Snowy Swans by Rock Water

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Snow Design with Blue Stripe by deaMax

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Waiting for the return of snow.

lined up by Peter

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Moon and gates at Darland Nature Reserve. Archive shot from December '10

Scan150 by Analog Man (Kevin Powers)