Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Lunar Love

It was chilly and windy night, just the perfect conditions for a bit of astrophotography. Stephen captured these images of a full moon with a partial lunar eclipse.
A partial lunar eclipse means the moon passes through the Earth’s umbra (inner) shadow. Earth’s shadow is in excess of 300,000km so at irregular times the sun, moon and earth line up to create this interesting spectacle. 


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