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Morris, Minnesota, USA from _rowan_tree_

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Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota _rowan_tree_ February 21 2008, 04:38:02 UTC

Those who tried to catch a small object in the sky into a camera focus in complete darkness in -26°C weather, especially when the camera is standing on a tripod, would understand the effort that went into this. I finally got something halfway decent at 10pm or so when the Moon got a bit brighter. Here it is.

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota nevada_blue February 21 2008, 05:21:26 UTC

Wasn't quite as cold in Nevada, but I understand your effort to some extent! I didn't catch the two stars in my pictures, but I thought their position made the whole thing look even more awesome

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota butterflyangels February 21 2008, 05:35:01 UTC

They're not (both) stars. According to my roommate, the bright one toward the bottom is Saturn, and the other one is a nebula.

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota nevada_blue February 21 2008, 16:21:44 UTC

Oooh, cool! I wish I had a telescope last night

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota _rowan_tree_ February 21 2008, 13:02:33 UTC

I had no idea the stars were in the picture until I got home and looked at the pictures :-)

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota nicci32792 February 21 2008, 11:13:48 UTC

I love how you can see Saturn. I was told if you had a telescope, you'd be able to see the rings. =)
Great shot!

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota _rowan_tree_ February 21 2008, 13:06:43 UTC

Thank you! It would've been neat to see the rings, but the moon itself was spectacular, too.

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota ghymoreids_mum February 21 2008, 11:24:35 UTC

you did very well. that's a great shot!

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota _rowan_tree_ February 21 2008, 13:06:58 UTC

Thank you!

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota tree_and_leaf February 21 2008, 15:06:01 UTC

Great shot, especially given the practical difficulties!

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota _rowan_tree_ February 21 2008, 15:14:05 UTC

Thank you :-)

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota acatsslave February 21 2008, 17:04:58 UTC

It's so cool to see the difference between the view from NYC and the view from Minnesota. Hope you got back inside to some hot cocoa afterwards. Awesome shot!

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota _rowan_tree_ February 21 2008, 17:27:56 UTC

Thanks!
It looks like it was quite cloudy in NYC, but hopefully warmer than here :-)

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota suppanish February 22 2008, 06:35:51 UTC

wow, so cool that it looked the exact same in northern ontario. NUTS!

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota _rowan_tree_ February 23 2008, 14:13:52 UTC

:-)

Re: Lunar Eclipse, as seen in Morris, Minnesota _lethe_ February 22 2008, 21:58:16 UTC

Great pic!

It was way too cloudy here to see a thing. (Not that I would have gotten up at 3:30 am to watch it anyway...)

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