Posted on 09/29/2015 7:36:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: What's more rare than a supermoon total lunar eclipse? How about a supermoon total lunar eclipse over a lightning storm. Such an electrifying sequence was captured yesterday from Ibiza, an island in southeastern Spain. After planning the location for beauty, and the timing to capture the entire eclipse sequence, the only thing that had to cooperate for this astrophotographer to capture a memorable eclipse sequence was the weather. What looked to be a bother on the horizon, though, turned out to be a blessing. The composite picture features over 200 digitally combined images from the same location over the course of a night. The full moon is seen setting as it faded to red in Earth's shadow and then returned to normal. The fortuitous lightning is seen reflected in the Mediterranean to the right of the 400-meter tall rocky island of Es Vedra. Although the next total eclipse of a large and bright supermoon will occur in 2033, the next total eclipse of any full moon will occur in January 2018 and be best visible from eastern Asia and Australia.
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[Credit and Copyright: Jose Antonio Hervás]
Way cool
Saw a thunderstrom developing over the ocean years ago at night while where I was standing the sky was clear.
very cool.
Well, I’ve never been to Spain.................
I had high clouds until it turned all red.
Beautiful.
I really enjoyed watching the eclipse. It brought back wonderful memories of watching one, holding my Dad’s hand, over a half-century ago. Dad drew a diagram for me, showing how the sun, earth, and moon lined up, and then he drew the shadow that made the moon turn dark.
I found myself drawing the exact same picture yesterday, to explain the eclipse to a little 7-year-old student of mine.
She had watched the eclipse the night before and wanted to know what had actually taken place.
That's cool. Was this done from Seat 38 on Fido3 ? ;)
No...it was actually right after the St. Alphonsis Pancake Breakfast. :-)
... but I kinda like the music
Where I stole the margarine!
Just don’t go where the huskies go.
That photo shows the moon hitting the Earth....
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