Well, NASA's not looking for me

I'd never make a NASA photographer. But in a rare (very rare) moment of not-cloudiness in northeast Ohio in the wintertime, I have had a spectacular view of the lunar eclipse tonight.

I discovered that the optical zoom on my little digital camera was good enough to get a pretty decent picture ... IF I could have held the camera still. Even with the tripod (after I scrambled for 15 minutes finding it), I just couldn't get it stable enough. (It being about 15 degrees out there and me having to kneel in the snow to see the camera's view screen had nothing to do with that, I'm sure).

Anyway, here's what I did manage. The first one - Moon Twins - is of course from the camera slipping after I'd pushed the button. Still, interesting.







Oh well, that was fun. I got cold. I'll go check it out again in little bit, before it's completely over with.