The full moon turned dark from the earth’s shadow on February 20, 2008. This was the first full-moon, or total lunar, eclipse this year. The last one happened on March 3, 2007.
(Image courtesy of Adam Burgasser)
I observed this event from a remote mountain top in Chile (that’s in South America for those who are geographically challenged). It was the first time I’ve seen an eclipse south of the equator, which means we got excited and snapped over 100 pictures. But no worries, I’ll post only the best few here. (Additional photos and higher resolution versions are on Adam’s flickr site.)
1. Full moon rising over the Andes
(Photo courtesy of Adam Burgasser)
2. Earth begins casting its shadow
(Photo courtesy of Adam Burgasser)
3. More than halfway there
(Photo courtesy of Adam Burgasser)
4. Total lunar eclipse
(Photo courtesy of Adam Burgasser)
WOW!! I wish I could have seen it. It’s beautiful!!! Thanks for posting the pictures. 🙂
Great pics! Thank you. 🙂
Man… I just missed seeing it because of dense cloud cover over Phoenix, Az. Had my camera out for 2 hours and everything, stupid thunderstorms!
Love your pictures.
Do you have some in higher resolution?
I’d so love to be in Chile right now..
Anyway,
Kind regards.
Hi Ray,
None to share at the moment, but Adam Burgasser (the photographer credited with the images) will be posting on flickr shortly. I’ll add a link to this page when he does.
Cheers!
Genevive
very nice… thanks!
Friggin sweet! No wonder people in ancient times were freaked out about this when it happened. Creepy red moon!