Jeanne and I went up to the top floor of The Vines, to our favorite Sky Tower observation lounge, assuming that it would be the perfect place to see the moon rise and the eclipse begin. Of course, despite the fact that the weather report was for clear skies, they were actually anything but. These first couple of pictures show you what we saw.
We did meet friends up there, also looking for the beginnings of the night's excitement, and good conversation was a consolation for not being able to see the moon clearly. These close-ups show it much better than it really looked.
Finally however, it cleared slightly and I was able to start shooting again. The eclipse had progressed quite a ways along by then.
Well, I'm thankful that I was able to see the eclipse as well as I did. Some of you were disappointed with your weather and had to look for it in the middle of the night besides.
I used a different setting for this picture and the next, hoping to see just how much moon 'was left.' This one shows it at its minimum point, and the next shows it as it starts to come back.
Sorry for the blurry lines on the next two. The color is great though. They were taken about a minute apart.
A haze continued to come and go and prevent clear shots.
Finally, as it got later, this was taken at 11:22 my time, the sky started really clearing up and the moon started looking normal again, naturally. Murphy's Law, you know.
My first shot was taken at 8:22 p.m., so it really couldn't have been more convenient for us.
I hope that you've enjoyed seeing this. BTW, I just checked my statistics and found that I had passed the 50,000 views mark. I've had 77 views today. (11/19/21) That is way more than I usually get per day. (That number does not reflect views of this eclipse post)
I guess I'll continue my posts for a while longer.... -djf
You got some great pictures Doug! Even when the clouds photobombed your view I'm glad you didn't give up and waited for them to pass on.
ReplyDeleteThere's no color quite like this eclipse red - wouldn't it be great if we could add it to our crayon box?
Yes, I like that color too.
DeleteWe appreciated seeing your incredible photos despite the challenges that you had. Who knew that it would cloudy in Henderson, NV on the night of the eclipse. Fred got up at 1:00 am (PST) to see it but he could not see a thing. I would have trouble getting up at 1:00 am (PST) for the end of the world if I happen to be sleeping at that time. He would probably have woken me if he could see it. Of course, now that we have cameras outside our house, there is no way he would get me out there in the middle of the night. Bottom line, I greatly appreciated my brother to do the hard work of capturing this beautiful moon. Congratulations on your blog milestone. I love reading your posts and would greatly miss them if they stopped. McKenzie
ReplyDeleteI thought too, that you would have an uninterrupted view of the sky from your desert home. What a shame.
DeleteI don't know that I would call what I did hard work though. I enjoyed it the whole time, in between cussing at the clouds anyway.
I started the blog so that I could keep in touch with family and friends and share pictures of our new home, but the numbers, albeit tiny compared to professional blogs, tell me that it's being seen by others as well, and that pleases me.