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Lunar eclipse as seen from my balcony and from Richmond, Virginia

Some shots of the moon getting covered by Earth's shadow. Pics are chronological and span some 60 minutes. See exif data for the exact time. I did some experiments with the shutter speed. Fastest was 1/500 sec. Later up to 4 sec. (during -beginning of- eclipse) Very nice aspect is the combining of two different viewpoints at the same time. Richmond, Virginia lies ca 81 Degrees west of Rotterdam, so almost 1/4 of thw globe. This declares the obvious difference in the shadow of the earth on the moon.
I've made some astronomical calculations, combined woth 90 degrees anti clock rotation. While the two pics were taken practically at the same (universal) time conclusions can be made about the whereabouts of the right (unaltered) pic. Ca 5 degrees results in an eastern lattitude of about 90 -5 (rd) - 5 (difference) = ca 80 degrees West. Richmond has a lattitude of about 77.5 degrees. Little differnce can be due to incorrectnes of my standpoint while taking the pic (leaning out of my balcony !!) There's also a minut time difference of the two photos.
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I've made some astronomical calculations, combined woth 90 degrees anti clock rotation.
While the two pics were taken practically at the same (universal) time conclusions can be made about the whereabouts of the right (unaltered) pic. Ca 5 degrees results in an eastern lattitude of about 90 -5 (rd) - 5 (difference) = ca 80 degrees West. Richmond has a lattitude of about 77.5 degrees. Little differnce can be due to incorrectnes of my standpoint while taking the pic (leaning out of my balcony !!) There's also a minut time difference of the two photos.

 Two photos made at approximately the same time, merged via Photoshop (at last I'm gettng acquainted with layers). To the left is my moon , to the right is Nancy's moon as seen from Richmond , Virginia, USA, As we are 'seperated' about 82 degrees, the orientation of the earth shadow is obvious, almost 90 degrees tilted. Coverage shows some difference as we are not exactly 90 degrees apart.
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Two photos made at approximately the same time, merged via Photoshop (at last I'm gettng acquainted with layers). To the left is my moon , to the right is Nancy's moon as seen from Richmond , Virginia, USA, As we are 'seperated' about 82 degrees, the orientation of the earth shadow is obvious, almost 90 degrees tilted. Coverage shows some difference as we are not exactly 90 degrees apart.

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Taken at 01:07:25 am

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1:16 AM Rotterdam time

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This pic I 'stole' from Nancy Blodingers site. http://www.pbase.com/hadley/lunar_eclipse She lives in Virginia, USA. Approximately 90 degrees west from wher I live, so that explains the orientation of the shadow on th moon on approximately the same time. Time 1 :25 (my time) Big quality difference, has to do with the price of the camera of course
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This pic I 'stole' from Nancy Blodingers site. http://www.pbase.com/hadley/lunar_eclipse She lives in Virginia, USA. Approximately 90 degrees west from wher I live, so that explains the orientation of the shadow on th moon on approximately the same time.
Time 1 :25 (my time)
Big quality difference, has to do with the price of the camera of course

 photo taken at 1:27 am in Rotterdam Netherlands
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photo taken at 1:27 am in Rotterdam Netherlands

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hadley05-Jul-2016 03:51
I loved the moon comparisons. Thank you Joop.
Guest 09-Nov-2003 02:28
still great photos, thanks for sharing them.
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