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The Super Flower Blood Moon of 2022

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The Super Flower Blood Moon of 2022
The lunar eclipse turns the moon blood red. (© Tony’s Takes)

Lunar eclipses don’t come along too often so I always feel obligated to observe and photograph them, even if it means missing out on much-needed beauty sleep (and I need all the help I can get in that regard!).

I wasn’t too inclined to drive anywhere so I captured the event from my bedroom window last night. That actually turned out to be quite convenient as I only had to walk a few feet to get into bed afterwards. Ha!

For this image, I opted to not crop it too tight and offset the moon to the side. Turning up the ISO (sensitivity) allowed me to capture the gorgeous orange lunar eclipse among some stars.

If you missed the show, there will be another visible in North America on November 7th / 8th.

Total lunar eclipse among the stars

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Total lunar eclipse among the stars
The total lunar eclipse turns the moon red while allowing the stars around it to shine. (© Tony’s Takes)

Just a quick edit of one of my pics of the big celestial event last night as I had to get to bed and sleep before work today.

We were very lucky here in the Denver area in that while we had clouds much of the day yesterday, it cleared off quite nicely after dark. That gave us prime viewing for the so-called “Super Blood Wolf Moon” (or whatever the hype-masters called it). 😉

One of the things that struck me most about the event was that once totality was reached, the stars really brightened up and became quite visible. Here in the city, we don’t usually see so many except when there is a new moon.

I decided this is probably one of my favorite shots from the night as it offsets the moon and allows you to really see all the stars.