Lunar Eclipse 2018

A bracketed HDR image of the Lunar Eclipse on 27 July 2018, photographed from my backyard with a Nikon D750 and my 200-500mm Lens with a 2x Teleconverter (1000mm).

The Camera was tracking the Moon on my Celestron AVX Telescope Mount.

Lunar Eclipse Time-Lapse:

View the Time-Lapse movie of the longest Lunar Eclipse of the Century. This video shows the most dramatic part of the Eclipse, when the Umbra (the darkest part of Earth's shadow) moves over the Moon. Only the long wavelengths of light (towards the red side of the Electromagnetic Spectrum) manage to illuminate the Moon, resulting in the red color.

Why is Earth's shadow round on the Moon during an Eclipse?

Notice Earth's spherical shadow on the Moon. Yes, just like all the other Planets in the Universe, the Earth is also not Flat!

"Nature can not be fooled." - Richard P. Feynman.

Also view my Astrophotography Gallery.

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2018-07-28

Martin

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