Last night's eclipse...
Last night's eclipse...
In case you missed it, there was a full lunar eclipse last night. It started out great, but then the clouds moved in.
Anybody else watch it or get pics?
- NCSU
Anybody else watch it or get pics?
- NCSU
the g/f and I got up at 12:30 am CST thinking it would be smack in the middle of the eclispe, but little did I realize that I calculated the wrong direction for time zones....so we missed it...
Here are some awesome pics from another forum. Enjoy!
10:18pm 12/20/2010 The full moon before the start of the eclipse.
1:35am 12/21/2010 The eclipse begins!
1:57am 12/21/2010
2:17am 12/21/2010 A little more than half way to total eclipse
2:29am 12/21/2010
2:32am 12/21/2010
2:42am 12/21/2010
2:47am Almost there, moments away from total eclipse
3:25am 12/21/2010 Total Eclipse of the Moon!
4:07am 12/21/2010 The return of the moon
4:47am 12/21/2010 The moon is almost back to full glow.
5:39am 12/21/2010 Back to a full moon.
1:35am 12/21/2010 The eclipse begins!
1:57am 12/21/2010
2:17am 12/21/2010 A little more than half way to total eclipse
2:29am 12/21/2010
2:32am 12/21/2010
2:42am 12/21/2010
2:47am Almost there, moments away from total eclipse
3:25am 12/21/2010 Total Eclipse of the Moon!
4:07am 12/21/2010 The return of the moon
4:47am 12/21/2010 The moon is almost back to full glow.
5:39am 12/21/2010 Back to a full moon.
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I was so tired that I just wanted to get back to bed because I had to get up @ 5 for work.....
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Man, I missed out. Last night was COLD and clear here in Maryland. It would have been a perfect night to see it. I do recall being impressed with how bright the moon was last night. I live on a small river just off the Chesapeake Bay, the reflection coming off the river was very bright and impressive. Again, thanks for posting those. 
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No problem, see below for even better pics!
Nope, you didn't miss it, it hadn't started yet! You were 2 minutes early. It started at 12:32am CST, hit full eclipse around 2:17am CST and was back to normal by about 4am.
Here are some awesome pics from another forum. Enjoy!
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Nope, you didn't miss it, it hadn't started yet! You were 2 minutes early. It started at 12:32am CST, hit full eclipse around 2:17am CST and was back to normal by about 4am.
Here are some awesome pics from another forum. Enjoy!
- NCSU
Got to be something pretty strange going on in this eclipse.
I didn't notice this happening when we watched it. I must not be too observant.
I just went out tonight to see if it had flipped back, but it's too cloudy to see the moon here. Can anyone confirm that it's "recovered"?
All kidding aside, those are nice pictures. And, the eclipse itself was beautiful. Somewhere, I've misplaced my tripod, so my pictures were all blurry. You just can't handhold a camera steady enough for 1+ seconds, which I was trying to do.
- Jack