SHADOW'S EDGE
Taken by Todd Salat on January 31, 2018 @
Palmer, Alaska
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Camera Used: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D850
Exposure Time: 1/15
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 3200
Date Taken: 2018:02:02 00:31:07
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PHOTO #1 - SHADOW’S EDGE
This moment occurred after a magic hour-plus of totality when the dark orange lunarscape had to make way for the bright of day. January 31, 2018 at 5:22 am AKST near Palmer, Alaska. See that shadow line? (the umbra/penumbra boundary if I understand correctly). That’s from us. Earth is casting its shadow on the moon and if you extend the curvature of that line you can see we cast a pretty nice shadow! (about the size of the black circle). That’s a pretty tight fit and seems amazing to me that physics has the moon coasting exactly through the rifle barrel of our shadow some 223K miles (359K km) away! What are the chances?
PHOTO #2 - SUPER, BLUE, BLOOD MOON
Maximum totality of a lunar eclipse on January 31, 2018 at 4:29 am AKST. It was fascinating watching this SUPERMOON (an extra large moon due to it’s closer-than-usual proximity to earth) and BLUE MOON (2nd full moon in the same month) turn into a BLOOD MOON (the moon’s color during a full lunar eclipse). That was one rare alignment!
Shot with Nikon D850 and Sigma 300-800mm/f5.6 lens.
Photographer's website:
http://www.aurorahunter.com
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