Dark Lunar Eclipse
Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
Posted on 08/30/2007 4:13:02 AM PDT by sig226
Explanation: The Moon passed close to the center of Earth's shadow on August 28th. Seen best by skywatchers in western North America, and the Pacific region, the resulting total lunar eclipse was a dark one, lasting about 90 minutes. In this telescopic image taken near mid totality from Yass, NSW Australia, the 85 kilometer wide ray crater Tycho lies near the top right of the shadowed lunar surface. Of course, even during a total lunar eclipse,the Moon is not completely dark. Instead the Moon remains visible during totality, reflecting reddened light filtering into the Earth's shadow. The light comes from all the sunsets and sunrises, as seen from the lunar perspective, around the edges of a silhouetted Earth.
Beautiful!
Darn... I missed this one, but don’t think I would have seen much here in the Midwest.
I was out in the middle of the street in my robe trying to see above the trees and rooftops but could not see it here in Texas.. in the early morning hours.
I remember back when Yellowstone was burning in the 80’s I lived in Wyoming and the full moons were awesome and looked just like this that summer, blood red because of all the smoke in the atmosphere.
It looks like a cataloupe at the top with that core and the lines going down from it!!!!
The color seen here was dirty orange very similar to Mars, not the blood red shown on this image, which might be due to the monitor.
Makes me wish I stayed up to watch it!! :(
I was on a cruise ship off the coast of Alaska and it was great!! I just wish my camera was able to capture the picture more clearly.
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