This morning I dragged myself out of bed at 5:15 to take pics of the Lunar Eclipse. I don’t think that I have ever seen one before. It took over and hour and I took over 60 photos of the process. I kept myself occupied by facebooking with my Tea Partier friend Mel who highly disapproves of how the US is handling the Iran negotiations.
Anyway it was kind of cool. My camera had trouble focusing on the moon especially as the earth occluded the light. Anyways I did the best I could.
When the moon got behind some branches down the street the camera seemed happy to have something to lock onto and did a better job. By that time the red color was starting to show itself. The red is why it is called The Blood Moon. It showed up better live than in the pics. I didn’t try to put the color back in so these pics are “SOOC.”
And just to show that the spirit of P.T. Barnum and Capitalism is still alive here in the US, some internet preachers are prophesying that the Blood Moon is a sign that the end times are about to come. Another guy says that the Blood Moon means that Obama made a bad deal with Iran. Keep, those cards, letters, and checks rolling in folks.
And Me and Mel again didn’t change each other’s minds. We’ve been arguing for 38 years. I wish he was’t so hard headed;)
Wonderful set! Thanks for dragging yourself out of bed this morning to get these photos, because I forgot to set my alarm!
WOW!! What terrific captures of the eclipse!! Thanks for sharing these!! Hope you have a great weekend!!
Great job! Amazing views! Thanks for sharing these and Have a Happy Easter!
I’m impressed that you were up at 5:15! I totally missed the whole thing – although it was probably already light here when it happened anyway.
I know what you mean about wishing other people weren’t so hard headed. Sheesh! Life would be so much simpler if everyone just agreed with ME.. LOL
Our eclipse was a bit of a damp squib as the clouds covered the sun. At least the room went dark and the birds quietened so I knew it was happening.
Good for you getting up that early! You got some great pics! I never get good shots of the moon so I don’t even try anymore.
Awesome job on the eclipse. It was just too cold for me to get out.
You really got some fantastic moon shots!
Was Oklahoma actually able to see the Blood Moon on April 4, 2015? Several of us were up @ 6:00am and could see the moon at all neither in Oklahoma City nor Tulsa.
Thank you,
Emma