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| Sunday's Blood Moon total eclipse captured by LSPOA member Katie Best |
When the moon turned an eerie blood-red color overnight Sunday (May 15th), star gazers, including our own LSPOA member Katie Best, had their eyes, and cameras, aimed at the sky. In Katie's case, from her driveway on Morningside Place from around 10:30 pm to 1:30 am.
The lunar eclipse, celebrated as the Super Power Blood Moon, was the longest total lunar eclipse in 33-years. And Katie captured the phenomenon from start to finish. The lunar eclipse is when the sun, Earth and moon form a straight line, with the moon passing through the darkest part of the earth's shadow.
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| A copper colored moon at the beginning of the eclipse |
It gets a reddish hue because blue and green light get more easily scattered by dust particles in the atmosphere and the orange and red colors remain more visible. I'll take the scientists word for it.
Katie says she used her trust Nikon B700 camera with no special settings or tripod. "Just me, my camera and good luck. It was a nice relaxing evening, just staring at the sky."
Thanks to Katie for staying up late to capture these amazing images.
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| A cool timeline compilation of the lunar event photographed by Katie Best |
~BT
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