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Last night was when a Super moon and lunar eclipse combine for 'blood moon'.
Unfortunately we live in a big city with enormous light pollution, also although it wasn't cloudy the air was humid and the moon wasn't very clear.
I almost forgot the full moon tonight! I wanted to take it before dark but didn't. This is the best I could do without a telescope, tripod or special lenses. It looks pretty interesting to me. I used the Landscape setting on my camera.
Crescent Moon (35% illuminated) imaged with an 80mm refractor.
The Sun is just rising over the Apollo 11 landing site in the Sea of Tranquility (centre of the image).
Tonight the moon was bright, low and inviting.
This the best one of a whole raft of shots, taking the moon through a telescope. It's only 30x, but with the optical zoom on the camera, it was enough to fill the frame.
Because the camera is handheld against the telescope's eyepiece, I was never going to get the nice sharp image I saw in the scope, but hey ho. I might try again.
A day before the Blood Moon eclipse. Sadly, India won't experience the rare event this year. Hoping someone of you might post the Blood Moon shot, friends.
Taken at 17.10 UK time just as the sun was going down so still some light in the sky. Straight out of the camera with no Photoshop adjustments other than the square crop.
Tripod mounted with my Sigma 50-500mm f4-6.3 APO HSM EX + 1.4x extender.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
W. Clement Stone
#56 of 116 pictures in 2016 - Illustrate a well known quote.
For those that missed last night's super moon. A super moon occurs when the moon is full while closest in its' orbit to the earth, causing it to be roughly 12% larger and brighter than an average full moon. Around midnight in Portland last night, it was quite clear, and this moon was quite bright.