Frederick Foto Friday

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I am not much a star gazer, but I do enjoy looking at the beauty up there. Wednesday night was the Full Lunar Eclipse. This only happens every so often. The next one will be visible from the United States in 2010 (seems like a long way off, it’s not.) I figure I would seize the moment, freeze my butt off and take some pictures. I set up the tripod and pointed it toward the clears freezing skies. About every fifteen minutes I would go out and take a series of shots. The whole process took about three hours. The first shot was about 9 PM and the last one was about midnight. Sorry about the one that in portrait view, I wanted try something different.

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Hope you enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed taken them.

Have a great weekend

Bob

PS. Today, Danger Bay is taking place in the Maryland area, so stop by for a little virtual trip.

Also, for all of you Wordpress Users. These photos were easily uploaded to this post using this Flickr Plugin.

February 22, 2008 · Filed Under Frederick Events, Frederick Misc, Friday, Fun

Comments

9 Responses to “Frederick Foto Friday”

  1. Carole Cohen on February 22nd, 2008 8:35 am

    The lunar eclipse was a zen like experience, no? Your photos are good enough to win an award, awesome Mr. C

  2. gotbob on February 22nd, 2008 8:42 am

    I’m not sure about that, but thanks for the compliment

  3. Lysa on February 22nd, 2008 10:16 am

    Bob, Great shots! What type of camera are you using? We had cloud cover here so I just gave up and went to bed even though I just purchased a new Rebel XT that day.

  4. Jack Boardman on February 22nd, 2008 3:01 pm

    Too cold to watch the entire event so I appreciate your photos! Oh, and the link!

  5. Cyndee Haydon on February 23rd, 2008 4:36 pm

    Bob - your pictures are amazing - thanks for sharing them with us - I agree with Carole - they are award winning!!

  6. ines on February 23rd, 2008 11:07 pm

    you and Rick NEED to get together…..he wanted me to do a post on the lunar eclipse and I told him unless he wanted to write it, I would pass. (He is a moon man)
    Beautiful shots btw!

  7. gotbob on February 25th, 2008 10:44 am

    Thanks everyone stopping by…still dethawing. ;)

  8. David S on February 28th, 2008 8:44 am

    Bob,
    Wonderful photos! Those are really captivating. Great job.

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