Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Total Lunar Eclipse from Rwanda

The moon at 6:13 pm was pretty spectacular.

The moon at around 7pm. Clouds threatened, but fortunately never
blocked the view.
Just after 8:20 pm, the lunar eclipse began.







The total lunar eclipse in the center of the earth's shadow.






Just after midnight, around 12:05 am, the eclipse completed.

Even with my 2 megapixel camera, the spotting scope helps show the
moon's stunning dried lava fields and craters.

The full moon, nearly one hour after the end of the eclipse.

2 comments:

  1. wow!
    btw is that my wonderful daughter looking through the telescope?

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  2. That is your wonderful daughter!

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