Tag: #lunareclipse

Lovely Lunar Eclipse

The Moon, the Sun and the Earth, moving in concert, put on a fabulous show, and I am so grateful that the Clouds did not run interference. Clear skies over Naples on the Gulf of Mexico early on January 31, 2018 gave all of us at Vanderbilt Beach a great experience. I promised my friendly neighbors in the adventure a series of images shot with my Nikon D800 and Tamron 600mm lens, so here we go:

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About 6:25am the Supermoon of January 31 looks full, but the upper left portion begins to darken. Notice the detail on the moon’s surface.
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Minutes later the dark portion of the moon grows, as the Earth blocks more of the sun. The moon also appears more orange.
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The dark region and the orange glow continue to grow as the lunar eclipse approaches its peak.
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The eclipsed moon descends toward the horizon over the Gulf of Mexico.
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As the dawn approaches and the sky lightens and turns pink, we catch our last glimpse of the lunar eclipse before the moon has set over the Gulf.

In a short thirty-minute observation, our adventure was over.

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