Eclipse Chasers
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The fog, the barely visible solar eclipse and the magic of autumn inspired me to this picture. A glass of Federweisser is still missing.
A total lunar eclipse occurred on 21 January 2019 UTC. For observers in the Americas, the eclipse took place between the evening of Sunday, 20 January and the early morning hours of Monday, 21 January. For observers in Europe and Africa, the eclipse occurred during the morning of 21 January. The Moon was near its perigee on 21 January and as such can be described as a "supermoon".
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My eyes closed, I feel lost in the pages of ancient books written by magic.
The melancholic cries of the wind caressing my face softly as I walk in the dark make my body shiver. Cold raindrops fall on me like needles. I am feeling.
I am walking in the darkness while my eyes are closed and swept away like an autumn leaf freed from all its burdens.
Do you feel ?
Atakurt's Lost Book
The totally eclipsed Beaver Moon with Uranus (at the lower left of the moon) and some starlets in Aries. Uranus was also going to be eclipsed by the moon shortly.
Taken at 11:19 UT on November 8, 2022. Moon Age: 14.1. Handheld. 1.5x crop.
The shop with the shutters down and the 'To Let' board was the Eclipse Dry Cleaners. I can't remember a time it wasn't there but it closed near the end of last year. As seen on a walk.
It was actually pretty cool with periods of clouds passing by during the eclipse today just north of Baltimore City. Here it was getting close to 70% coverage when clouds started to pass by ... making the sun and moon looking like friction was causing the moon to catch fire and smoke up the scene :)
Around this time you could also start to sense the reduction in light, and the blue color in the sky and clouds made them all appear like you were looking through a CPL filter.
Waiting for totality when I looked down and saw this little guy. Crazy eclipse sky made a nice background.
Lexington SC
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) I think this is a male in eclipse because although it looks like a female, it still has the white wing flash. This one is hanging out with the mallards at my local reservoir and has been around for a couple of weeks now, obviously unable to fly away.
Eclipse plumage is temporary or transition plumage. After breeding, ducks moult replacing their old, worn-out feathers with new ones.
Ducks are peculiar in that they moult all their flight feathers at once. For about a month, they can't fly and are very vulnerable to predators.
To provide some protection, particularly for the brightly-coloured males, the moult starts with their bright body feathers. These are replaced by dowdy brown ones, making them look much like females.
This eclipse plumage is why in mid-summer, it seems as though all the drakes have gone.
Total Solar Eclipse 8-21-17. This image is reprocessed with better claritiy and boosted blues to show off the solar flares
2 from 4 of my spread for ECLIPSE Magazine Bloggers' Corner. See the rest of my pictures here
Btw I got interviewed abit there about C L A Vv. if you care.
"The flower that blooms late is the most rare and beautiful of all." ~ Mulan ~
You have to love the late-bloomers in the garden. Their last-minute blossoms and vibrant colours eclipse the drab hues that have descended over the flower beds. They're trying to convince us that summer isn't over...yet.
A male wood duck in eclipse plumage showed up at the park and was hanging around with a group of Mallards for a few days....
Shooting the surroundings during the eclipse. Everyone was going to get shots of the eclipse. I was looking for shots of the city during the eclipse.
This half eclipsed moon was pushing over the mountain last night. I wasn't prepared for either moon and I am no expert in these things. The moon is either too bright or everything else too dark. And I had to crop in a lot although I had used a zoom. Still, since you don't see this every day I had to have a go.
View of the partially eclipsed sun, with sunspots, from the Teton Range, Wyoming.
21Aug2017
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... Super Blood Wolf Moon - During a total lunar eclipse, Earth completely blocks direct sunlight from reaching the Moon. The only light reflected from the lunar surface has been refracted by Earth's atmosphere. This light appears reddish for the same reason that a sunset or sunrise does: the Rayleigh scattering of bluer light. Due to this reddish color, a totally eclipsed Moon is sometimes called a blood moon.
Certainly not the best picture of this moon eclipse, the atmosphere was a bit hazy, as on many places in Europe
The last light of the day faltered on the edge of the world, a dusk so dramatic it felt staged by the sky itself. The sun hung low, half‑eclipsed, as if unsure whether to stay or surrender. Shadows gathered along the horizon, and in that dimming glow I felt the ache of a friendship slipping beyond reach.
There was a time when her presence was a quiet lantern in the dark—fragile, yes, but warm enough to guide a weary soul. She spoke of fears in a voice that trembled like ripples on the shoreline, fears I tried to understand but could never fully grasp. They were storms that lived not only behind her eyes, but in her world, storms she had learned to navigate alone. I listened, I truly cared, but I did not yet know the shape of the tempest gathering around her.
And then, without warning, she vanished—carried off in a fury that was never truly hers. A sudden storm, inherited, imposed. One she had endured for far too long.
Only later did I understand that the fury that swept her away was not born from her heart, but from the world that had enveloped her in darkness.
Now I stand at the horizon’s edge, powerless to reach her, powerless to turn her grief into hope. The sky burns with the last embers of day, and I feel the eclipse settle over my heart. The light of our connection—once steady, once certain—fades into something distant, something I can sense but no longer touch.
Before the darkness claimed the land, I built a small world for her out of words. A fragile refuge, yes, but a refuge nonetheless. A place where she could step outside her nightmares, even if only for a breath. A place where she could feel safe, valued, unbroken.
It was only a dream, a temporary shelter made of sentences and sincerity. But when someone lives in the shadows, even a dream can be a haven. Even a moment of gentleness can be a lifeline.
If she ever felt that—if even once she rested in the quiet I tried to offer—then the sacrifice of my heart was worth it. The light may be eclipsed now, but it existed. It mattered. And somewhere beyond the storm that took her, I hope it still reaches her in ways I cannot.
For now, I remain here at the world’s edge, watching the last sliver of sun slip beneath the horizon, holding onto the truth that even eclipsed light is not extinguished. It waits. It endures. It returns.
Lost
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) This is a mallard drake in eclipse plumage. In spring ducks require their colourful plumage to attract a mate during the breeding season. After the breeding season the male begins to moult, replacing the old worn out feathers with new ones. Ducks are peculiar in that they will moult all their flight feathers at once, and so for a month are unable to fly and are very vulnerable to predators. Now here comes the clever bit. The males will start their moult with all their bright body feathers. These are replaced by duller brown ones, much like the females. This eclipse plumage will then be worn for a few weeks or months depending on the species of duck, before another second moult occurs when the male will once again grow back his full colours. This moult is less ‘severe’ than the first and the males are still able to fly.
During the summer months it often seems like the males have all disappeared. In fact they are just camouflaging themselves and upon closer examination you will see them amongst the females where they have always been. Interestingly, the females will only need to moult once and will do this after all her young have successfully fledged and are fending for themselves. With Mallard, the difference between the male and female when the male is in eclipse plumage is that he has a uniform yellow bill (compared to her orange bill with black markings) and a breast tinged rufous and less well marked.