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Oct 9, 2015
The Moon Entering Earth's Shadow
Image Credit & Copyright: Thodoris Tzalavras
Courtesy of http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
The Moon Entering Earth's Shadow
Image Credit & Copyright: Thodoris Tzalavras
Courtesy of http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
On September 27/28, from all over
the
planet's nightside moon watchers enjoyed a total lunar eclipse.
The dramatic celestial spectacle was
widely imaged, but
this lunar eclipse picture may look a little strange and
unfamiliar, made with a point and shoot camera of
a bygone era.
Loaded with a 4x5 inch sheet of film, the
Speed Graphic
camera was fixed to a tripod on
the Island of Cyprus.
Its shutter locked open for 90 minutes, it recorded the trail of the
Full Moon at perigee from
the beginning of the partial eclipse phase (top)
until mid-totality found the Moon near
the western horizon.
Entering Earth's shadow, the Moon grew dimmer and its
moontrail narrower as the
eclipse progressed.
