"Tell me the story about how the sun loved the moon so much that she died every night just to let him breathe....." -Hanako Ishii
Super Blood Wolf Moon last night. Never did see the red orb. But I got to see the eclipse and follow it, nevertheless. In North and South America it was a total eclipse. In eastern Africa and Asia a partial.
I timed it as best I could. When the moon first rose and was visible from behind the hill and trees it was about 6:28 pm approx
It still had not cleared the trees. The moon close to earth.
But then around 6:36 pm it did....
Yellow in nature. Clean. Last time we will see this type of lunar eclipse till 2021.
About 7:25 the colour changed.
Moved higher. A hint of the Penumbra shadow on the left outer side.
About 7:26 pm.
Around 7:46 pm the Penumbra became darker. More sinister if you will.
At 8:00pm approx it moved upwards.
By 8:15pm it was half way.
It was about three quarters at 8:30pm . Moving faster and faster. I had a hard time keeping up.
8:35pm...... and 8:40pm it slid over the moon and took the moon with it. Here in Campbell River, B.C., where we are located, there was a basic shadow, no red, just complete and utter darkness. No stars.
"Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly..."
-Khaled Hosseini,(The Kite Runner)
Photographs 2019
