Red Moon over Rockies
Taken by Alan Dyer on January 31, 2018 @
Coleman, Alberta
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Camera Used: Canon Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Exposure Time: 15/1
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 1600
Date Taken: 2018:01:31 08:21:23
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The total eclipse of the Moon over a peak of the Continental Divide at the Crowsnest Pass area of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, before dawn on the morning of January 31, 2018. The Moon was setting into the west.
It was doubtful that skies would be clear but the clouds over the Divide cleared enough for good views during totality.
The Moon is just south (left) of the large binocular star cluster, M44, or the Beehive Cluster in Cancer.
Shortly after this, clouds wafting off the peak engulfed the Moon and I lost sight of it. However, this was at 6:44 am MST, about 20 minutes before the end of totality.
This was a much publicized Blue Moon and Supermoon eclipse.
This is a blend of a 15-second exposure for the sky and foreground, and a shorter 1-second exposure to prevent the Moon from being overexposed, despite it being deep red in totality. Both were at f/2.8 with the 50mm Sigma lens on the Canon 6D MkII at ISO 1600.
Photographer's website:
http://www.amazingsky.com
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