Tuesday, August 8, 2017

IMPRESSIVE PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OVER THE ALPS Taken by Adrien Mauduit on August 7, 2017 @ Gex, Ain, France



On Monday 7th of July 2017, a partial lunar eclipse was visible at moonrise before the shadow shrank into the penumbral area, and eventually faded. I went up the Jura mountain in France to have a clear view of the full moon rising over the Alps. As cumulus and cumulonimbus were approaching from the west, I only had a 10 minute window to peek at the beautiful and wedged orange disc rise over the snowy peaks of the Alps.

Here is a picture I took at 21:00 local time. A 4K video of the event can be viewed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auw3Lv9WL0o




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