On Wednesday of this coming week, there will be a full eclipse of the moon, visible over most (if not all) of North America. I believe that it is happening around 10pm EST but check your local listings. Whatever time it starts rest assured it will be half past something else in Newfoundland. This will apparently be the last full eclipse visible here until 2010, so it will be worth bundling up for.
In the mean time, here is a picture of the waxing moon over King George, taken from today. I really need to start lugging my tripod around.
In unrelated news, the checklists from Nunavut for the Great Backyard Bird Count have been just pouring in. No, not really, so far there’s been just three, all from Arctic Bay. It’s easy to submit a report online, and you know you want to be outside anyway this weekend.
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Great photo!
That is a SPECTACULAR photo! Excellent composition.
Fantastic photo!
A “WOW” shot of the moon.
I’d heard about the lunar eclipse, but my nighttime photo skills are horrible.
Can we count on YOU to catch it?!
Thanks all, you are too kind. I’m going to try and photograph the eclipse Nina, we’ll see how the day unfolds. And a tip for photographing the moon… it is a rock in bright sunlight, so if you expose for that you should be okay (if you’re familiar with the “Sunny 16 rule” you’re set). Of course exposure gets trickier when you’re trying to include something other than the moon in the shot.