Lunar Eclipse

Good morning to my faithful readers! Some of you may not be surprised to know that I was awake and watching for the lunar eclipse this morning. It started around 1:40 or so here on the West Coast. And yes, I got up for that. Actually, I did not set an alarm to get myself up. But I had it so etched in my mind, that I woke up around that time. And since I was awake, well, I might as well step outside (with my trusty camera) and check it out. What may surprise you a little more is that bw joined me! She told me before we went to bed that if I got up to see it, she wanted me to wake her up too. Well, I didn't need to call her out of bed because when she heard me stirring around, she got up too and went outside with me.

So these are the first couple I took at around 2:00a.m.

I particularly like the one below because it clearly shows the shadow of the earth along with a tree branch to give a little "texture."
Then we went back to bed and pretty soon bw was making those wonderful sleeping noises! (No, she does not really snore; she just kind of purrs.) Meanwhile, I had already slept my mandatory 3 hours. So my mind would not let me get any more sleep. Finally I got up again around 2:45 and took this next shot.

I think this last one is kind of neat because the earth's shadow is almost complete. I went out again at 3:20, when "they" said the eclipse would be full. But conditions were not right for me to get a shot of that. The moon had gone behind the trees across the street from our house. Plus the eclipse was so complete that the camera would not have detected what it was supposed to photograph. So I didn't even try at that point. I just enjoyed the glimpse and wondered what less scientific societies thought (or think) about such events.

Hope you enjoyed the pics!