Eclipse of the Moon From New Mexico

The moon, (and the sun) always comes up over the Sandia Mountains where are about 50 miles east of us, although it depends on the time of year which part of the mountains  where the moon come up. It can very quit a bit. This is the moon coming up the night of the eclipse. It wasn't completely dark when it first pushed up over the mountain. The eclipse actually started about 7pm here and was complete at 8:24pm and over with an hour later. I took lots of photos as I don't expect to ever see one again. I am glad I have been able to see as many as I have. About 3 that I can remember, and several of the sun as well.

Eclipse of the Moon

After a couple of weeks of windstorms and the worst one was last Sunday we have had a fairly nice couple of days. On Monday night I stayed up very late and watched the eclipse of the moon. I had seen them before and went to bed but then I decided to get up and watch it, so I did. It started about 11:30 pm here and the moon was totally dark at 1:30 am. And yes I could see the red glow over the moon that made it a blood moon but that color did not come out in my photos. I am pleased with my little Cannon camera for taking the photos it did of the moon so far away. Especially as I was standing there shaking in the cool air and didn't use a tripod. But at this point I was to tired and cold to stay up any longer so the photos are of the first half of the eclipse only.