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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Lunar eclipse

I'm ashamed to call myself a North Dakotan after how intolerant to the cold cold cold I was today. I was lucky enough to be woken just in the nick of time by a two year old. I was even more lucky that it was Saturday, which meant her Daddy could snuggle her up while I grabbed what I needed (but not enough clothing, apparently) and took off across a cold cold cold field.

beginning of lunar eclipse December 2011
{composite of six photos taken between 6:45am to 7:03am central time}


I struggled to take a few more pictures and then ran all the way home because I couldn't move my fingers.

It was an awful shame because the sky was just getting interesting.

And for real, it wasn't even that cold out.

11 comments:

Brooke said...

I totally would have ran home, too. So awesome that you caught that, though!

Susan said...

I so love this! You’re so much further ahead than most! My husband didn’t bother to look up because it was 18 below (around 6 pm when it was overhead in Siberia). I awoke around 4 am to the prettiest orange outside, but couldn’t drag my sorry self out of bed to even take a look! It was so early my contacts were stuck to the back of my eyelids! I’m so glad that you made it out and captured such an amazing shot.

Unknown said...

That's so cool! :D

I knew it was supposed to happen this weekend... but not exactly when. We had clouds, so I wouldn't have been able to see it anyway.

koreen (aka: winn) said...

Beautiful, though it was cold. I love how this turned out. :)

Brooke said...

Soooo cool!! What a neat collection. It's hard to get adjusted to the cold.

Karli @ The Bonnie 5 said...

WOA!! Jess, this is CrAzY... love it!! So cool! I've never really gotten a great moon shot...LOVE THIS.

Lisa @ Cow Spots and Tales said...

I'm a wimp about cold right now too; we always get tougher as the winter goes on I think! Beautiful composite picture. You have such a gift for finding and sharing beauty in your photographic work. Bravo!

Rachel said...

Breathtakingly beautiful! I so wish my camera could do that (and I! :)

What a gorgeous night it was!

Victoria Strauser said...

Amazing eclipse shots! Our hosts here told me the eclipse would be on Friday (at least, that's what I heard) so when I was up at 4:00am I looked - no eclipse. So I didn't look on Sat. when I was up early again. Rats.

Alita said...

<--- jealous.

I'm Cassie... said...

You've heard my stupid eclipse story already. So I'll just say that this is really quite something.