2014 04 15 Total Lunar Eclipse
Early this morning, we were treated to a total lunar eclipse in most of North America. I spent a good chunk of the evening preparing my sketch kit to record the event through a series of sketches to be animated. I also set up the Canon 60D DSLR equipped with a 70-300mm zoom lens, set at 300mm. 
The sketches are left smoldering in a folder until I can bare too look at them – what a new experience for me to work at such a fast pace with color pastels! In the mean time, here is the resulting animation of the photo sequence. My friend, Stephanie Hansen was my observing buddy and snapped the first half of the eclipse for me while I sketched.
Mars was shining brightly northwest of the Moon and Spica was seen to the southwest.
PCW Memorial Observatory - Erika Rix 
Hi Erika,
I’m so very happy that you were able to capture this eclipse as a sketch sequence. Looks like you and Stephanie had a great time, though the way you are bundled up, it looks cold, brrr.
I was able to get a sketch sequence of this eclipse as well. It was indeed very challenging and I often felt overwhelmed by the shear beauty and complexity of the color variations across the lunar surface. The transition from a monochrome to copper hued disk was startling and abrupt. Like you my sketches are left “smoldering” until I have the time to get them photographed.
All the best,
Rich
Rich Handy said this on April 15, 2014 at 16:40 |
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2014 April 15 – Lunar Eclipse Animations | PCW Memorial Observatory - Erika Rix said this on May 25, 2014 at 16:34 |