by Corina Carrasco
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August 16, 2006

Lunar Eclipse~8-28-07~Photo Essay

August 28, 2007 08:25 AM EDT (Updated: August 28, 2007 05:04 PM EDT)
views: 59 | comments: 32

I have always been fascinated with looking at the heavens.  As a child, I would sit for as long as my parents would let me, looking at the stars and asking questions about how I could go up into the stars.  My father found a nice (at that time) set of binoculars at a thrift shop and we would look at the craters on the moon and at the stars.

Last night's lunar eclipse was the first time in many years that I have had the opportunity to indulge my love of skywatching.  I was home alone so I stayed up for the duration of the lunar eclipse, going outside and taking pictures about every ten to fifteen minutes.  I wish I had has some binoculars or a telescope so I could have seen details, but I am glad to have had the opportunity to see as much as I did.

The show begins...1:58 am 

  http://media-files.gather.com/images/d812/d338/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

 

2:12 am

 http://media-files.gather.com/images/d820/d338/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

2:25 am

 http://media-files.gather.com/images/d821/d338/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

 Almost all gone...

 http://media-files.gather.com/images/d823/d338/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

 This one is super...a BLUE MOON!

 http://media-files.gather.com/images/d824/d338/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

 Just one more...

 http://media-files.gather.com/images/d825/d338/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg

By about 4:50, the moon was bright and white once again.  It was fun while it lasted! 
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Comments: 32

Brenda (square peg in a round hole) H. Aug 28, 2007, 8:30am EDT
Very nice and thanks. I didn't get to see any of it here on the east coast.
sea gull l. Aug 28, 2007, 8:32am EDT
amazing photos!
my daughter had been born on a full moon eclipse like this one.
I will show her your wonderful photos!
keep reaching for the stars!
thanks for sharing
Susan R. Aug 28, 2007, 8:32am EDT
Nice, I didnt even know this was happening last night :(
Kathleen G. Aug 28, 2007, 8:40am EDT
Thanks for the amazing photos. Mother nature always amazes me and reminds me of the more important picture of the world racing by...... enjoy everything and slow down a bit:)
lemzo n Aug 28, 2007, 9:10am EDT
nice job, thanks for sharing
♯ ♪ Aug 28, 2007, 9:17am EDT
Pretty cool. I was in dream land!
Rose C. Aug 28, 2007, 9:44am EDT
Thank You!!!! Thank You!
Yvette F. Aug 28, 2007, 10:05am EDT
Amazing photos. I wish mine had come out as good. You did a much better job of documenting this than I did! Thank you!
Michael C. Aug 28, 2007, 10:06am EDT
cool!
Beautiful, Corina! I could never have stayed up so late to take those shots.
Faith H. Aug 28, 2007, 11:58am EDT
Great shots, it was too cloudy down here on the gulf coast, so I'm glad you shared them here.
Shawn "left this place" W Aug 28, 2007, 12:56pm EDT
Wonderful photo's, Corina! We could still see it here, it just turned a funny dusty color.
JoAnne D. Aug 28, 2007, 4:37pm EDT
Wonderful Corina, please join my group:
Show Off Your Photo Essays Here
at photoessayshere.gather.com
I don't know if this is the right one to make the link work yet.
I think it is different with different programs.
Sue * Aug 28, 2007, 5:10pm EDT
We were supposed to see it here around 4:00 a.m. I actually woke up for a bathroom break right at 4, I said to my husband...we could go out on the deck and watch the moon, we both decided we'd rather sleep. I'm kicking myself today! Thanks for the great pictures.
elizabeth e. Aug 28, 2007, 9:01pm EDT
Cloud cover on the East coast...thanks for shooting!
TK Rosevear Aug 29, 2007, 12:33am EDT
Wow, thanks Corina you got some great shots, love the blue one too.
Bundy P Aug 29, 2007, 1:03pm EDT
Awesome photoessay! Thanks for letting us see it!
Marie J. R. Aug 29, 2007, 5:07pm EDT
this is fantastic,,, thank you so very much,,,
Wurdzgurl !!! Aug 30, 2007, 10:07pm EDT
That was great. I was asleep during this and so it's awesome that you got such great shots.
Bonnie S. Aug 31, 2007, 6:29am EDT
I didn't get to see it, your pictutes were so nice.
Corina Carrasco Aug 31, 2007, 7:11am EDT
I'm glad I was able to share this with all of you. I almost didn't even try to take the pictures. I don't have a great camera but I figured I would give it a try. Thanks to my photo program, I was able to crop the pictures so that you could actually see something in there besides a nine dot! I'm glad you all enjoyed them.
Jennifer P. Sep 1, 2007, 12:52am EDT
Thanks for sharing this. I have never seen a moon eclipse before.
Tonia, who hugs trees G. Sep 1, 2007, 1:05am EDT
Great series of photos - I'm so glad you treated us all to this experience as this is one that I missed.
Elsie Duggan Sep 1, 2007, 1:30am EDT
Thank you Corina for letting me get to see what we missed here in the east because of cloud cover at the time of the eclipse here. The kids waited up for it, but couldn't see anything. You have some great shots here, and you did very well with your descriptions and the times. I love that I got to see it with you.
Aniko   Sep 4, 2007, 2:44pm EDT
I saw a bit of it, but I didn't stay until the end. There was one a few years ago that was also visible from this side, and it was at a more family-friendly time, so I watched that on with the kids.

They said this one was going to be reddish, and it was when I saw it--a little.

Great pictures--I didn't even try taking any. My camera reacts badly to white clothes, so I don't know what it would do with moonlight....
AiLing K. Sep 4, 2007, 10:38pm EDT
oh wow, beautiful!!! thank you so much for sharing!
Jill B. Sep 5, 2007, 1:21pm EDT
I didn't know I could/should put mine in a "photo essay", so I just posted them singly. It was fun to watch, though the dark time was longer than I expected. The last time I remember watching a lunar eclipse was in high school...
Rita R. Sep 15, 2007, 7:57pm EDT
I had planned to stay up or get up to watch it, then totally washed out and slept through it all! Thanks for sharing your vision.

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