Lunar Eclipse

A sequence of images showing the eclipse from start to finish

Image copyright: Carol Botha

On September 28th, The Moon passed through the Earth’s shadow while at perigee, an event which trended on social media as #SuperBloodMoon.  While serious astronomers don’t think much of such misleading names, this particular eclipse was a particularly dark one.  Partially this was because the Moon was at its closest point to Earth, where the shadow is wider and deeper, and partly because of large amounts of dust and aerosols in the Earth’s atmosphere at the time of the eclipse which reduced the amount of light refracted into the shadow.

This sequence of images was captured by Carol Botha using a Canon 5D MK II, fitted with a 400mm lens,

A montage of 12 images taken at half hour intervals.
Canon 5D MK II
400mm lens.