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Subject: [Leica] Total lunar eclipse: Once in a lifetime
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:54:07 -0500
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It's completely overcast here.  No moon to be seen  :-(

Tina

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:34 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> I usually am more interested in photographing the people looking at an
> astronomical phenomenon than the phenomenon itself. This has been the case
> ever since the Halley's comet hype back in 1986. I spent several nights
> looking for dark spots around North Central Florida, but the best I could
> get was this:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Stuff-from-the-20th-century/5775622_DM8y5#357376598_Qhkrm
> However, the funniest moment occurred the night I took this picture. It was
> taken on a wooden platform in a swamp called Paynes Prairie, somewhere
> between Gainesville and Ocala, a place with little light pollution. For 
> that
> reason, lots of other photographers had set up tripods in the same spot.
> After a while, I got bored with looking for a comet amid all the stars, so 
> I
> took the camera off the tripod, put on the flash and blitzed my fellow
> photogs, blinding everyone for 30 seconds or so and generating a stream of
> invective. Much more entertaining than the stupid comet :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2010, at 12:48 AM, Richard Man wrote:
>
> > Sorry Lawrence, not enough caffeine. I know about the Eclipse. I know
> about
> > the Full Moon. I saw what you wrote, but I responded to what you didn't
> > write :-)
> >
> > Yes, Solstice + Eclipse is indeed rare. I am happy to say that we in
> > California will get to see this once in a 2000 year event
> >
> > - in the rain -
> >
> > -_-
> >
> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Total lunar eclipse: Once in a lifetime)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Total lunar eclipse: Once in a lifetime)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Total lunar eclipse: Once in a lifetime)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Total lunar eclipse: Once in a lifetime)