Aminus3 of Shuva
How I missed the lunar eclipse.
Posted by Shuva Brata Deb (Bangalore, India) on 5 March 2007 in Miscellaneous.
"March 03 2007, 2130 hrs UT" was how it read at the NASA page about the start of the umbra. I added 530 hours (India time) and figured out that its safe to go to the roof and setup the tripod at around 2:30 am in the morning for the eclipse. Me and my wife waited, waited and waited till 4:15 am but not a shadow was cast on the moon. Suddenly(my great presence of mind) we figured out the blunder. March 03 2130 hours would mean March 04 3:00 am India time. This meant that we need to lose sleep again the next day.
Come next day, our newly married friends Abhishek and Rakhi showed up. We had lot of food and drinks. They decided that it wont be safe to drive back with the alcohol in their minds. They decided to stay back. We all went to bed at 12:15 am. Me and my wife set the alarm at 2:30 am for the lunar eclipse. The alarm did work, we woke up, both of us looked at each other, said "Light lo--so jao" (Forget it, lets get some more sleep). That how I missed the eclipse of March 2007. This is a picture of the moon from the first night.
But some of my aminus3 fellow photographers managed to get some cool eclipse shots. You can find them here:
Jason Kravitz
Kerstin and Herve
Ordinary life
KAVEH PHOTOGRAPHY
Andrea's Photoblog
Six Mega Pixels
Una Sola Imagen-Just A Picture
Prashanth from Bengalooru, India
Nice shot! I was able to get a glimpse of initial stages. Then clouds played the spoilsport :(
Have posted my version too... Have a nice week ahead.
5 Mar 2007 7:11am
Jerry from Tampa, United States
Neat story Shuva! Wonderful image - worth the effort! Congrats!
5 Mar 2007 10:55am
Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States
Sorry you missed the eclipse. But, it really is a great moon shot!
5 Mar 2007 2:21pm
Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan
Great shot Shuva, I missed it too, I could not even see the sky, I totally forgot! =)
5 Mar 2007 4:21pm
Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand
Great story Shuva ... it makes me smile to see you and your wife so in tune. =)
5 Mar 2007 11:17pm
Herve from Paris, France
Well, Monday could have been called Moonday, according to the number of moons represented on aminus ! :)
6 Mar 2007 3:39pm
Canon EOS REBEL XT
1/500 second
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ISO 100
260 mm