https://markflegg.com/tags/eclipse/ Recent content in eclipse on Mark Flegg Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:59:21 +0000 https://markflegg.com/news/lunar-eclipse/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:59:21 +0000 https://markflegg.com/news/lunar-eclipse/ Tonight we had a total lunar eclipse, and the conditions were perfect for seeing and photographing it. This is an event where the Earth passes in between the moon and the sun, leaving it in shadow. The moon appears red during the total part of the eclipse, due to light refracting through the Earth’s atmosphere. This was the first time something interesting has come along for me to photograph with my recently purchased Canon SX100 IS camera.