Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

By Shawn Olson

Posted on 05.16.03

Well as the sun was setting on the West Coast and the dynasty of the Los Angelas Lakers, the sun was making another disappearance here in the Midwest (or, actually, on the Moon). Starting sometime after 10pm EST on May 15, 2003 the southern pole of the moon began to darken as the Earth's shadow started a lunar eclipse over the moon.

I feared I wouldn't get any good photos because of the cloud cover, but as the shadow on the moon increased the clouds went away. Over the next few hours I shot dozens of photos of the moon with my camera mounted on the tripod, programmed to snap a shot off every minute or so.

Click here to learn more about lunar eclipses from the NASA website.

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Copyright © 2003-2008 by Shawn Olson.
Lunar Eclipse 1Lunar Eclipse on May 15-16, 2003.
Lunar Eclipse 9Lunar Eclipse on May 15-16, 2003.
Lunar Eclipse 8Lunar Eclipse on May 15-16, 2003. In this wide angle view, a commercial jet streaks across the dark sky.
Lunar Eclipse 7Lunar Eclipse on May 15-16, 2003.
Lunar Eclipse 6Lunar Eclipse on May 15-16, 2003.
Lunar Eclipse 5Lunar Eclipse at its peak on May 15, 2003. You can see a reddish tint in this image.
Lunar Eclipse 4Lunar Eclipse on May 15-16, 2003. You can see a reddish tint in this image.
Lunar Eclipse 3Lunar Eclipse on May 15-16, 2003.
Lunar Eclipse 2Lunar Eclipse on May 15-16, 2003.
Lunar Eclipse 10Lunar Eclipse on May 15-16, 2003.
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