So, on February 20th the Earth's shadow passed over the full moon, causing a total lunar eclipse! Ernest and I got a few pictures from our back porch (explanation for the tree branches you can see), right around 9:45 pm. You know how bright a full moon is in winter, especially when there is snow on the ground. Everything is luminous. It is amazing how the darkness changes and becomes more intense so quickly during an eclipse. Even cooler with a solar eclipse, but still pretty amazing with the focus on the moon.
I have a small telescope, that unfortuantely hasn't been set up since we moved into our house. This spring it is going to become an accessory to the dining room. Since it wasn't set up, Ernest sat on the floor near the back door (it was freezing outside!!!) and tried to hold the telescope in his hands to look at the moon. This actually wasn't such a bad idea, and we got some beautiful views briefly. I don't have a camera that will work with a telescope (or a telescope that will work with a camera, for that matter), so we tried to just hold the camera up to the lense and see if it would see what we see. We'll have to try this again later as clouds rolled in, and nothing could be seen through them.
So, on February 20th the Earth's shadow passed over the full moon, causing a total lunar eclipse! Ernest and I got a few pictures from our back porch (explanation for the tree branches you can see), right around 9:45 pm. You know how bright a full moon is in winter, especially when there is snow on the ground. Everything is luminous. It is amazing how the darkness changes and becomes more intense so quickly during an eclipse. Even cooler with a solar eclipse, but still pretty amazing with the focus on the moon.
I have a small telescope, that unfortuantely hasn't been set up since we moved into our house. This spring it is going to become an accessory to the dining room. Since it wasn't set up, Ernest sat on the floor near the back door (it was freezing outside!!!) and tried to hold the telescope in his hands to look at the moon. This actually wasn't such a bad idea, and we got some beautiful views briefly. I don't have a camera that will work with a telescope (or a telescope that will work with a camera, for that matter), so we tried to just hold the camera up to the lense and see if it would see what we see. We'll have to try this again later as clouds rolled in, and nothing could be seen through them. 
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