The Blood Red Moon

[clem]

Very sharp image, an absolute beauty. Telescopes, especially ED refractors, indeed do work much better than camera lenses. Except maybe an L lens from Canon?

[Paul Haese]

Very nicely done Mike. Sharp and well processed. Missed this completly but maybe not on the comet.

[Dujon]

A lovely image, Mike. I admire the time and effort you and your fellow astro-photographers put in to the hobby and then, after all that, plonk them on here for all and sundry to enjoy. Thanks.

I crawled out of bed around midnight to check my local skies; totally clouded out.

I wonder who first called the moon in this condition 'blood red'. If my blood was that colour I think I'd be off to the doctor.

[iceman (Mike)]

Thanks for the comments - much appreciated.

I've already got some ideas for the next one but it'll be a few years before we get an opportunity for an end-to-end total eclipse again.