Date Time: March 14, 2025 0226-0514hrs
Weather: Outside conditions went from mostly clear, breezy from the south west, -3.2c, 60% humidity at 0226hrs to mostly cloudy, breezy from the south west, -0.8c, 73% humidity at 0514hrs. The big, fast moving, dark clouds covered most of the sky just before totality, which was reported to be 0326hrs. The last image I was able to take was at 0318hrs. After that I could only see totality briefly through small, unpredictable spaces between clouds.
Equipment: Canon Rebel with 75-300mm lens. Images processed with PhotoShop.
Report:
- Moon was being eclipsed when I went outside at 0230hrs. The breezy conditions didn't affect imaging, but the winds were the beginnings of a weather system that would end observing in less than an hour.
- The last image I could take, between the fast moving clouds that covered most of the sky was at 0318hrs, just before totality. I stayed out and tried to image through sucker holes, but it just didn't work out. I could see totality though, briefly between clouds. Very beautiful! The reddish color of the full moon was brighter towards the upper right, for some reason. Brightness was not evenly spread across moons disk. Another observation is that while being eclipsed, the eclipsed part of moon was invisible. Once totality begun, the disk became visible, albeit it was dark and reddish.
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| Focal length 300mm, 1/50second, ISO 100. |
