The last half of the lunar eclipse

Blood Moon - © Christopher Martin-4533The clouds cleared at the point during this week’s eclipse when the moon was just coming out of the earth’s penumbra.  The top edge of the full moon was just coming into e sunlight.  The majority of the surface was still in shadow and was a deep reddish orange.

Blood Moon - © Christopher Martin-4606

 The glow from the moon coloured the landscape as well.

Under a blood moon - © Christopher Martin-4547Landscape under a lunar eclipse - © Christopher Martin-4552

The moon left the shadow much too quickly for me but it was fun to watch the different looks as the clouds moved, the colours changed and the blood moon slipped away.

Cloud and eclipse - © Christopher Martin-4711Moon haze - © Christopher Martin-4709

The sky brightened along with the moon and I called it a night.Moonrise - © Christopher Martin-4658

9 responses

  1. Pingback: A blood moon missed | Christopher Martin Photography

  2. Remarkable, Christopher. Just great!

    October 24, 2014 at 7:08 pm

  3. spectacular photos of a spectacular event!

    October 14, 2014 at 6:24 am

  4. Frazee

    wow…. wow

    October 14, 2014 at 1:29 am

  5. These are gorgeous, Chris, and extra special, since it was way too cloudy here to see any of it.

    October 11, 2014 at 2:39 pm

  6. Really like the landscapes under the light of the moon! Very nice!

    October 11, 2014 at 2:13 pm

  7. Grace Chen

    Amazing sky! Thanks for sharing.

    October 11, 2014 at 9:14 am

  8. Joel

    Absolutely phenomenal photos! Your work is always amazing, and here, you’ve captured nature once again so beautifully! I’ve never seen an eclipse like this before, and it was overcast here on the (BC) coast, so thank you very kindly for posting.

    October 11, 2014 at 2:18 am

  9. Like +++ 🙂

    October 11, 2014 at 1:57 am

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