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Blood Moon Eclipse

 

At the end of last month I convinced my parents to go on a little one night camping trip with me.  I just wish my brother could have been there.  [-_-,]

 

When we settled into our campsite, which was right on the water of Cobscook Bay, I noticed someone had made a little rock cairn on a boulder a few yards out from the high tide line.  It was pretty neat.

 

Cobscook Cairn

 

And, come to find out, we timed the trip perfectly.  The night we were there, the blood moon eclipse occurred.  Sadly, I wasn’t really prepared photographically.  I had my camera, but I didn’t have my tripod which I ended up needing.  So, sadly, my shots of the red shadow on the moon from the eclipse didn’t come out so well.  I did get a few decent shots of the moon rising though.  Here’s one…

 

Moonrise at Cobscook State Park

 

It was actually a decent camping trip.  My parents and I thought it was going to be unbearably cold where we’re getting into fall and the temperature tends to drop at night here in Maine, but it was actually quite nice.

 

 

Until next time…

 

[-_-]

 

~A.M.

Lunar Eclipse

So, last week on Monday night/Tuesday morning a total lunar eclipse happened.  It was a Blood Moon.  What’s a “Blood Moon” you ask?  Don’t worry, it’s nothing bad, it’s nothing out of a horror movie, it’s just called that because of the way the light reflects off the moon, giving it a red hue.

I’m sure people have heard about it, saw articles online, maybe even went outside and watched, but I figured I’d show my readers a few of the shots I took.

Now, I wasn’t able to capture the red hue to the moon, and, sadly I wasn’t able to capture the entire eclipse.  About halfway to the peak of the eclipse, the clouds rolled in and obscured everything.  Unfortunately for me, that’s what typically happens in my neck of the woods when there’s some kind of celestial event going on.  I’ve missed every meteor shower that’s happened since I’ve been alive (no joke), I’ve missed numerous lunar eclipses, I’ve missed comets, I’ve never seen a falling star (again, no joke), and every time the aurora borealis is supposed to be visible, the sky is swallowed up by clouds.  But, I’ll count my blessings and be thankful I was able to witness this much.

Blood Moon Eclipse 1

Blood Moon Eclipse 2

Blood Moon Eclipse 3

Keep your eyes on the sky!

Until next time…

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~A.M.