watch the eclipse tonight

[peter hillman]

I guess JB wins next months photo contest too

 

[snoozer]

Beautiful pictures JB. I am glad the clouds cleared so we could see this. It looked like it was going to rain all day but got nothing.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I guess JB wins next months photo contest too

If next month's theme is "Moons" I have a shot!

 

[Becky]

We got up at 3am to see the eclipse - what a show! Thankfully we had perfectly clear skies all night - bit unusual for the UK Didn't take any photos but got a good look through our telescope. It felt like looking at Mars!

Excellent photos @JBtheExplorer

 

[addy1]

Great shots jb, Mine were shockingly nice (to me lol) being hand held, street lights store lights everywhere. The camera captured them with no blur. I could not get the good end shots with the orange glow it was too dark and the lights too bright.

 

[mrsclem]

Clear sky here. That was amazing!

 

[peter hillman]

I got to see the first 1/2 and the last 1/2. But our moon was bright white, not very red or even orange.

 

[Lisak1]

We saw about 1/2 of the turning of the moon to blood... then the clouds rolled in and that was that! It was fun while it lasted!

 

[HARO]

Clouds rolled in around the time it started. Got glimpses of it here and there, usually partly obscured by cloud. Nice and red, though!
John

 

[slakker]

Grabbed out the long lens and telescope and grabbed these pics...

 

[Stephen T.]

We zipped up to Crater Lake National Park and set up on the west side to shoot across the lake and Mt. Scott on the far side. Unfortunately, the first few degrees above the horizon were obscured by haze/smoke. I'd hoped for shots breaking over Mt. Scott, but had to wait until it got above the haze to get decent shots. There were crowds of photographers up there, many with monster lenses. I really wanted to get the eclipse in context as opposed to a full frame of the moon. The shots aren't great, but I'm fairly happy with some of them.

 

[Becky]

Great photos @slakker and @Stephen T.!

 

[Nepen]

JB!!!! those are amazing! how did you take the pictures? CAN I STEAL YOUR PIC? just want to keep it to look at on my computer

Wow, all the pics look so nice!!!

we have rain and rain and rain... all night long.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

JB!!!! those are amazing! how did you take the pictures?

With a camera.

 

[Stephen T.]

What??? A camera and not a smart or cell phone?

Mine were taken with a Panasonic FZ1000, one of the new "bridge" cameras. You should have seen the cameras lining the west side of Crater Lake!