K., and other countries in western Europe will have a great opportunity to shoot the eclipsed moon setting at sunrise on the 16th- if they have clear skies). ![]() First, the desert has the highest likelihood of clear skies that day, and secondly, the western quarter of the continent will have the eclipsed moon rising shortly after sunset. But likely the best photographic opportunities for landscape photographers will occur in the desert areas of the western U.S. and western Europe.Ĭredit & Copyright: Stephen Barnes įrom the point of view of the casual observer or amateur astronomer the whole night is available, and regardless of where you live as long as you have clear skies you should have a wonderful experience. In North America it will occur not long after sunset on the west coast, around midnight on the east coast, and at sunrise in the U. It will be visible throughout North and South America as well as extreme Western Europe. The next lunar eclipse will take place on May 15th, 2003. The last time I saw one was in 1989 and I still remember it vividly. This makes the moon grow dark, and only sunlight filtered though our atmosphere reaches the moon and illuminates it with a ruddy crimson glow. Consequently lunar eclipses are rare.Ī lunar eclipse happens when the moon passes into the shadow of the earth. ![]() ![]() If the Moon’s orbit wasn’t inclined 5 degrees we would also have a lunar eclipse every month. Click here for a Unique Eclipse Landscape Workshop Announcement
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