It finally arrived! Lunar eclipse that we were able to see from the beginning, through the climax right to the end here in the United Kingdom. The last one happen here in the 80's.
Anyone who lives near Swindon, and followed the weather forecast knows, that sky was meant to be covered in pretty thick cloud from around 2am. But miracles do happen, and we got clear skies all the way.
Family portrait with all the incredible wonders of the night sky.
Thanks to the modern media, there were loads cars pulling over all over the place and admiring this twice- thrice in a lifetime show. (unless you are rich and can afford to fly around the world)
I was annoyed with myself, as I forgot my converter at home so the biggest focal lengh I had on me was 200mm. I was forced to abandon my original creative plan and had to improvise. Then I thought "lots of people will shoot as close as they can, but how many will go open wide and do a family photo of all the amazing sights in the night sky?" So I shot it with my fisheye. Originality is my trade mark, even if it doesn't make me very popular ;-)
This was also a super moon. We used to get one super moon a year and now every other month we are having super moon. I do not want to start mass hysteria, but anyone else gets the feeling that maybe Moon is on the way to collide with Earth?
If you missed it (I know that warm bed can be very persuasive ) the next one we will be able to see from start to finish here in the UK will be in 2033. Make a note in your calendars!
56 shapes of Lunar Eclipse. Because I can do more than 50 ;-)
