This was surely a great beginning into 2018 for the astrophotography community: a super blue blood moon eclipse. This particular combination seems to happen only every 150 years. I was not sure I would go until this morning, when at 3am the alarm clock went off, and I felt the excitement building up and rushing […]
For this last rare supermoon eclipse, I decided to go out and hike at Mission Peak. The fact that this event only occurs every 18 years, and having good weather and light, made this decision much easier. The night didn’t start with much hope: while the sun was setting West, turning on a fantastic display […]
Seems like nowadays there’s a new and unique moon… every month or so :-) Maybe the media are just giving it more emphasis, as we are all and always fascinated with seeing and taking pictures of the moon. This last Blood Moon, technically a total lunar eclipse, was a reason for me to get up […]
National Geographic reports that a full moon in June is traditionally called a strawberry moon, at least in Northern America. The special coincidence for this last one is that it was also a Friday, 13th, something that will not happen again apparently until October 13, 2049 (which would be a Hunter’s Moon though). I captured […]
Last Saturday we had a moonrise around sunset time, and it was a full moon too. To be exact, it was a super moon, which made many get out all geared up to catch the special event. I have had another super moon experience from a very different vantage point, but this time I decided […]
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