Lunar eclipse

So I was aware of the lunar eclipse when it came up last Wednesday on the 15^th. So what better way of enjoying the day after work than to bring my camera and equipment to the Delta here in Mallorca to enjoy the beach the sunset and the eclipse. The key here is a good tripod, a timer setting for your camera and a long shutter time to capture as much light as possible. Hence you see the movement of the waves as a bit blurry. I like the colour of the light at this time, and the rocks here are mostly limestone, they are painful to walk on, but they give a bit of light.    

Finally the sun went down but the moon was not in sight. Finally we understood we were on the wrong side of some hills to see anything. So jumping in the car (Blanquito) and raced towards Palma. We found some open fields closer to Arenal where the holiday people are busy dancing and drinking. So in the weird setting of hearing horrible dance music we were standing in the pitch black looking at and taking photos of the eclipse. Nerds have more fun. And this is the reason why I only have it from when it is full to when it is reseeding. It appears red because of the longer wavelength of the red colours reaching us at that point. As the eclipse was passing I used shorter shutter time only getting the part of the moon where the earth had passed. That is the two last pictures of the series. I also have here one photo of the full red moon and the black starry night around. If I were a bit further away in the countryside I would have gotten more stars, but hey, cannot win them all.