A total lunar eclipse rises over New Orleans, home of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3. A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes directly between the Sun and Moon, casting a huge shadow across the Moon’s surface. The Moon appears dark red or orange as the Sun’s light filters through Earth’s atmosphere.
#TotalLunarEclipse over Tsé Bit’a’í
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Missed The Total Lunar Eclipse? Here's The Best Of Blood Moon Captured By NASA And Stargazers Around The World
missed the Blood Moon 3am PST here coz I was sleeping by then. Thankfully Griffith Observatory timelapse-recorded this #TotalLunarEclipse

Griffith Observatory is hosting a live online broadcast of the total lunar eclipse on March 3 from 12:47 a.m. to 6:25 a.m., PST, weather permitting. TIMELINE...
Eclipsing the Zakim
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/eclipsing-zakim
In hopes of capturing the lunar eclipse at sunrise and moonset, I placed my camera by the door, had my snow boots ready, and set my alarm for a very early hour this morning. But I awoke to find clouds stretching from horizon to horizon. I went back to sleep. Sigh.
Oh, well. If you’re going to watch the skies of Michigan for wonders and portents, you better be ready to see clouds instead. But sometimes it is a wee bit frustrating.
The clouds in Sydney did obligingly part shortly before the end of totality.
I wasn't pre-prepared to photograph it as I'd assumed it would be clouded out, but managed to get my Proper Camera and Big Tripod outside for a few quick snaps.
"Blood moon" total lunar eclipse.
The 2nd photo is a longer exposure, shorter telephoto lens, and framed to also capture a handful of galaxies in the constellation Leo. (And the silhouette of a tree)
3rd photo is a tight crop of the 2nd photo, and shows the brightest galaxies in the original frame, which can be found right of center in the original frame.
4th graphic is a finder chart from planetarium sky simulation software.
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For those who can't see west for the eclipse atm, Moon is up in the allsky camera @AllanICarswellObservatory
here's the link: https://www.yorku.ca/science/observatory/observers/
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