Behind the Veil

I was looking forward to getting some photographs of a lunar eclipse last weekend.  In our area, the effects of the eclipse might be visible just about the time the moon reached the horizon, early in the morning.

I got up early and checked the skies.  The moon was full, bold and bright.  I checked the outside temperature. It was around 10-degrees above zero.  That was much colder than I wanted to deal with for the time I would be spending outside trying to capture the eclipse at is peak. I started our van and let it warm up.  When it was time to shoot, I packed my camera bag and tripod into the back seat and drove to the end of our driveway…where I could open the side door and shoot in relative comfort.

Just as the moon was nearing the horizon, a band of clouds rose and obscured my view.  If there was any eclipse effect, I didn’t see it.  Of course, I took a lot of photos anyway and this is my favorite of the bunch.

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