This is a merged image of two photos taken at different exposures. While the human eye was able to see both the lit and eclipsed portions of the moon, the camera lacks the dynamic range to capture both in the same exposure. I took two sequential shots; one at 1/125th sec to capture the lit surface, and one at 1/2 sec for the Shadow. In other words, I took a fast exposure and a long exposure, which let in little and much light, respectively. The moon turns red because the small amount of the sun’s light that shines on the moon during the eclipse “bends” around the Earth and filters through a long distance of atmosphere. There, blue light is filtered out leaving red. That’s the same reason sunsets are orange; because the sun’s light is bending over the surface of the Earth at a very low angle and traveling for a long distance through the atmosphere. Taken with a Sony A7R IV and 200-600mm lens @ 600mm.
I found out about this eclipse after bumping into an astronomer friend of mine on a day hike. There was no need for an expedition to capture this phenomena, the neighbors and I set up our patio chairs in my driveway for this one.
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