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| Total lunar eclipse as seen on Tuesday Nov 8, from my backyard. Composite of 15 stills. |
While partial lunar eclipses are relatively common, November 8, 2022 presented one of those rare occasions when my backyard lay in the path of totality.
Lunar eclipses can be either simple or notoriously difficult to photograph depending on what one is trying to do. The last time I captured one was in 2021, and despite my best intents, I had slept through half of the occultation and managed to catch the second half of the event through the exit. This time the moon was supposed to set while fully eclipsed so there would be no such second chance. The next event visible in the Americas would not be until three years later in 2025. So though it was going to be cold, and the ungodly hour of four in the morning, I had to give it a shot.
