Thursday, February 21, 2008

Lunar Eclipse - a spectacular show

It was a beautiful, crisp and cold night for star gazing in eastern Ontario last night. I braved the chilly -16C temperatures in Kemptville and looked skyward for quite a show. It began shortly before 9pm and lasted till after midnight. I only attended between 9 and 10pm before frostbite began to settle in. I snapped several photos with my digital and the help of a tripod, and I was quite pleased with what turned out. The images were not the same as what I was seeing through the binoculars, but good nonetheless.




The first photo is the moon rising just after 6pm EST in Kemptville,
followed below by near totality at about 10pm EST.


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