Photos of Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse in Colorado
Photos of Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse in Colorado
Photos of Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse in Colorado. Coloradans were treated to very clear skies for the viewing of a rare and dramatic total lunar eclipse Sunday night.
The full moon rose on the evening of Sunday, January 20th as a wolf moon, or a perigee moon, when its orbit comes closest to the Earth. It was the first full moon of the year. The reason why it appears larger than normal is because it is approximately 6 percent closer (approx. 222,000 miles closer) and about 14 percent brighter.
The eclipse began at 8:33 p.m. MST when the Earth’s dark inner shadow (between moon and the sun) could be seen on the eastern edge of the moon. By 9:41 p.m., it was fully eclipsed.
Why is it called a Super Blood Wolf Moon?
When the moon passes behind the Earth during a lunar eclipse, it turns red, giving it the name blood moon.
This red color occurs because when the sunlight passes through Earth’s atmosphere it is reddened and refracted back toward the dark surface of the eclipsed moon.
The Super Blood Wolf Moon photos on this page were taken on January 20, 2019 between 9:13pm and 9:58pm. The late evening temperatures hovered around 27 to 25 Degrees Fahrenheit (-4 Celsius) on this crystal clear Winter night.
Colorado Photo Gallery of Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse
Gear Used to Photograph Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse in Colorado
These photos of the Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse in Colorado were captured from our backyard deck, January of 2019. The following camera gear was used in the Astro Photography of Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse in Colorado:
- the Nikon D850 with a Really Right Stuff L-Bracket,
- a Nikon MB-D18 Multi Battery Power Pack,
- the TAMRON | SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC,
- a Really Right Stuff TVC 34L tripod,
- with a Really Right Stuff BH-50 LR Ballhead,
- and a F-Stop Gear Aloe Green Tilopa 50L Back Pack (with large Pro ICU).
These photos were all taken on the Really Right Stuff tripod and the BH-50 Ballhead. Our Nikon D850 exposures with the Tamron 150-600mm Zoom lens are 1/4 to 1/60 of a second at F/8 and f/11. All images are captured at 600mm. We used the D850’s native ISO of 64. The closer inset photo the right is cropped from the full resolution 45 megapixel file. All gallery images are single exposures and processed in Adobe Lightroom Classic CC. The banner tryptic photo of the three phases of the moon are 3 images composited in Adobe Photoshop. We added a starry background for effect.
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