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First post, by xjas

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Was out snapping pics of tonight's total lunar eclipse. Thought these were too good not to share. Taken from my balcony with a 14-year-old Nikon E8800 that I found in the trash, on a $10 tripod from a second-hand shop. Sometimes it doesn't cost the moon (hah!) to get good results.

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^^ this final shot during totality is a 4-second exposure. I had an 8-second one too, but it washes out the color, this is pretty close to what I can see with my eye.

It's still visible and will be for another hour or so - go outside & look up! 😀

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Reply 2 of 4, by badmojo

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I'm in the southern hemisphere so won't be taking your advice to go out and look up (at the blazing orb), but thanks to your outstanding pics I don't feel like I'm missing out 😎

Thanks for sharing!

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Reply 3 of 4, by oeuvre

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it's 6F outside so I will pass

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Reply 4 of 4, by xjas

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oeuvre wrote:

it's 6F outside so I will pass

Psh, philistine. Do you really need all ten of those toes?

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