Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Total Lunar Eclipse, The View From Palmer, Alaska

It was pretty spectacular.

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It was crisp and very cold out and we had a great view out the sunroom window looking straight across the MatSu Valley at the moon above Pioneer Peak.  I mounted the camera on the tripod and kept stepping outside to snap time exposure pictures, then back inside to warm up.  Taken with the Nikon D5000. F-stop 5.6. ISO 2000. 4 sec exposure. 300mm Nikor lens.  Only photoshopping is some cropping.

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6 comments:

  1. Retired PatriotDecember 21, 2010 at 6:04 AM

    Pretty. And awesome. Pretty awesome, Jim! thanks for sharing it with us.

    RP

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  2. ClareDecember 21, 2010 at 8:54 AM

    Very nice Jim. I hope to get mine up later today, after work.

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  3. GaleDecember 21, 2010 at 4:42 PM

    I was going to call you so you could stand outside at 5* and not me. My shoe froze to the deck and my hand to the tripod. Thanks for the shot.

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  4. Dr. Phil (Physics)December 21, 2010 at 5:00 PM

    I live in West Michigan. We had a major astronomical event. It was overcast. As usual.

    Nothing to see, move along, move along.

    Dr. Phil

    supsuct -- those under krimnal investmentgations

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  5. PamelaDecember 22, 2010 at 10:34 AM

    And our viewing in Southern California was rained out.

    Are you building any arks in the woodshop?

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  6. AnonymousDecember 27, 2010 at 5:54 AM

    Like, awesome.

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