A rather cloudy/hazy session watching the total lunar eclipse on the morning of Feb 21, rewarded patient Selsey observers (and there were a few!) with a gaps in the clouds. Here's a shot of the run up to totality grabbed through such a gap.

A crowd of about 150 braved seasonable temperatures (-13 C, calm winds, and very good transparency, which was unexpected) and gathered around the bronze statue of Nicolaus Copernicus, in front of the Planétarium de Montréal. Members of the Société d'astronomie du Planétarium de Montréal were on hand with telescopes, and wowed visitors with magnificent views of the eclipsed moon or Saturn and its rings. As the eclipse was perfectly timed for the 10 o'clock news, all major networks had dispatched ENG crews and reported live from the Planétarium. All in all, a truly enjoyable evening... despite the light pollution! Copernicus and Moon photo: Canon A720 IS; Manual mode; 1s at f/4; ISO 200; equiv. f.l. approx. 80mm; flash at 70%.

Lunar eclipse rising out of Mauna Kea's shadow 20 minutes after totality. 13,796'. Used a Canon XT SLR

The historic building of the National Observatory of Athens (built in 1842)suited fine to today's lunar eclipse. http://www.noa.gr/About/Historyen.html

A beautiful and colorful eclipse! Mostly light orange and yellows with a hint of blue in the brighter limb. The forecast for my location was cloudy with snow... what a surprise when the weather stayed clear for the entire eclipse! I was able to record the movement of the Moon and eclipse progress across the sky in this single 2hr and 50min exposure at ISO 100. I used a Canon EOS 20D with a Canon 17-40 f/4 L set at 17mm and stopped to f/16.

I could see this lunar eclipse before moonset.

canon f1/400ASA/4.5" Sairan telescope

Very nice eclipse since the sky was very clear. Near mid-totality a wolf started howling in the nearby forest; I guess he liked the eclipse too ! Movie details: The filmclip starts just after the moon enters the umbra (full shadow) of the Earth and ends just before it completely leaves the umbra. Real time length almost three hours. Camera Nikon D1H @ 400 ISO with 200 mm Nikkor telelens @ 5,6 1 frame per 10 seconds with exposure of 4 seconds during totality to 1/1000th second with the moon in the penumbra.

It was a beautiful icy clear night for eclipse viewing - although a bit brutal for photography given the -30F degree wind chill factor. The striking white, blue, and red light of the moon almost seemed to reflect off the glittering ice that covered each tree branch and exposed surface. The skies were very clear and contrasty and the yellow glow of Saturn off to the left of the moon was a nice touch.

Fantastic sight from central Serbia! Several astronomy fans were together this evening in Kragujevac, Serbia. Fortune for us, sky was clear when eclipse was at 100%!

Photo details: Pentax K10D, 200 ASA, 200mm Lens, 1s exposure.

Sequence to show the umbra. Nikon D80, with Nikon binocular (12x50) manualy coupled like an objectiva.