Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
shakedown.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.

Administered by:

Server stats:

294
active users

shakedown.social: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.4

#TotalLunarEclipse

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Public *
The Krononaut Moon Project 🌑

 
@KronoMoon & @KronoMoonPhotos would like to compile a webpage of #photos of the #BloodMoon from the recent #TotalLunarEclipse on 2025 Mar 14. We'd like all #MoonShots to have first been tooted over #Mastodon. Each one will #link back to its #source. Below are a few good examples of what we are looking for. ✉️ Photos@KronoMoon.org
#BloodMoonOverMastodon #ThankYou!

🐘 pixelfed.social/p/AllanICarswe 2025 Mar 14
🐘 pixelfed.social/p/mikestone/80 2025 Mar 14
🐘 Mastodon.social/@YucanSparkle/ 2025 Mar 14

PixelfedAllanICarswellObservatory (@AllanICarswellObservatory@pixelfed.social)Here are some shots of last night's lunar eclipse captured by the Allan I Carswell Observatory crew! Missed the lunar eclipse? Well you're in luck! We livestreamed it and you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/TeGX-PU2DfE?si=xdjssz-YZgK2vak5 Image Credit: The AICO Crew(Charles Yung, Zachary Sharp, Nakul Sethuram, David Abeziz, Hector Jimenez, Saranya Sivaneshon, Boris Ciric, Pouria Azimi, Giuseppe Triumbani). #Telescope #LunarEclipse #BloodMoon #EclipseWatch #Toronto #Physics #Astronomy #YorkUObservatory #AllanICarswellObservatory #Science #SpaceExploration #Astronomers
#Moon#Luna#月
Replied in thread
Public
Asta

@aburtch Original post:
"@capturetheatlas ✨ A Once-in-a-Lifetime Shot: Total Lunar Eclipse + Aurora Substorm! 🔴💚

Last Thursday night, under the freezing skies of Northern Alaska, I witnessed something I never thought I’d see in my lifetime…

A Total Lunar Eclipse—with the Moon fully immersed in Earth’s shadow—unfolded just as a powerful Aurora substorm exploded across the sky, painting the darkness with surreal waves of green and purple light.

I traveled thousands of miles, braving extreme cold and unpredictable weather, hoping for this rare celestial alignment. These two events rarely coincide—but on this night, everything lined up perfectly.

📸 Swipe to see the images & timelapse! Full-res shots are on my site at Capture the Atlas. You can also check out the RAW bracketed files from my close-up shot in my pinned IG stories.

This is why I chase the night sky—because sometimes, the universe gives us pure magic. Have you ever seen an eclipse or the Northern Lights? Let me know in the comments! ⬇️

#LunarEclipse #AuroraBorealis #Astrophotography #TotalLunarEclipse #NorthernLights #CaptureTheAtlas #EclipseChasing #NightSky #SpaceWeather "

I was confused about how the image even works so went to check it out. Very cool!

Public
Stella-Luna Observatory

Watching the best of the lunar eclipse

The total lunar eclipse of March 13 – 14, 2025 did not disappoint! We resolved to capture images from the late partial eclipse to maximum eclipse, mostly to be able to fit in a little sleep! Catching it all, which we could from our North America location, would have required, essentially, an all-night session. Just a bit too much!

Early partial eclipse. The brighter shadow within the penumbra lights the top portion of this image. Note a bit of reddish tone within the dark umbra. 2:08 AM EDT

I sat on a pad over the paved surface where in the cold, where the observatory is to eventually stand. The old telescope mount ticking away as it tracked the moon across the sky. Occasionally geese and ducks on the nearby pond called out against some unseen disturbance. The stars of Great Orion were sinking behind nearby trees.

Moon is deep within the umbra and last penumbra light about to be left behind. 2:19 AM EDT

In the otherwise quiet chill, I watched the lunar transition, from a bright sliver left over from the night’s Full Moon, to glowing copper orb. With a cable release I manually triggered the camera’s shutter: click — pause — click, to record the event.

Maximum eclipse. Moon is fully within the umbra but because it is not traveling through the center of Earth’s deepest shadow, scattered light from the penumbra brightens the upper limb. 2:58 AM EDT

Shortly after maximum eclipse (shown above), at 2:58 AM EDT, I shut down the telescope and, casting a wistful eye at the still-darkened Moon, went indoors. 

I fed the waiting cat, changed back to pajamas, and returned to bed. In fitful sleep, somehow still cold, happy to have sacrificed rest for the experienced phenomenon.

Tech: Askar 103 ED telescope, Canon EOS 5D Mk 4 camera, Meade Goto Mount, Photoshop. ISO 400, variable exposure times.

#2025 #astronomy #astrophotography #eclipse #moon #photography #totallunareclipse

Public *
Stella-Luna Observatory

A total lunar eclipse, not in “prime time”

The total lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022, as viewed from Medina County. Photo by James Guilford.

In the wee hours of Friday, March 14, the Full Moon will pass through Earth’s shadow in space resulting in the coppery-red colors of a total lunar eclipse. While skies are expected to be clear for the event and temperatures tolerable, the show won’t be in “prime time” — maximum eclipse and color will be on display at about 2:58 AM (EDT) Friday. This will be the only total lunar eclipse of 2025.

While the timing of this year’s eclipse may be brutal, it also means the entirety of the process will be visible. By 12:55 AM (an hour after midnight, to be clear) Moon will have a strangely soft, faded appearance, then lit by the diffuse light of Earth’s outer shadow or penumbra.

The partial eclipse begins at 1:09 AM and by 1:47 AM, half of the lunar disk will be dark, hidden in Earth’s deep inner shadow called the umbra. Darkness will progress across Moon and as the last light fades from the lunar surface, color will begin to appear with the onset of totality.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when Moon passes through the central portion of Earth’s shadow, known as the umbra, where all direct light from Sun is blocked and Moon is illuminated only by scattered light passing through Earth’s atmosphere.

At 2:26 AM, with Moon totally inside the umbra, the spooky beauty will be on full display. Earth’s inner shadow is full of colored light — sunlight scattered through the planet’s atmosphere bearing the scattered colors of the globe’s sunrises and sunsets — the source of a total lunar eclipse’s hues.

Maximum eclipse is reached at 2:58 – 2:59 AM and Moon will be as dark and colorful as it can be during the process. The eclipse sequence begins to reverse after the maximum as Moon continues its passage through Earth’s shadow. Observers will note the darker and lighter portions of Moon’s face subtly rotating as the event unfolds because Moon is not passing directly through the center of the umbra — the upper portion of the disk will be near the edge of the shadow area, the lower portion closest to the center and darkest region.

The timing and appearance of the March 14, 2025 total lunar eclipse is illustrated here. Note the penumbra and umbra shadow areas and the rotating shadow distribution on the lunar surface. Movement is right to left. Illustration Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

By 6:00 AM Moon will have returned to its Full illumination as if nothing had happened. Those who potentially lost sleep watching, however, will perhaps yawn but be will gratified to have seen one of the most impressive and beautiful astronomical events available to us.

#2025 #astronomy #eclipse #fullMoon #lunarEclipse #lunarEclipse2025 #moon #totalLunarEclipse

The coppery totality of the November 8, 2022 total lunar eclipse. The disk is darkest around the lower left, and lightest in the upper right-hand areas. Photo by James Guilford.
ExploreLive feeds
About