Last night was a beautiful evening to watch, and photograph, the lunar eclipse. We won’t see another until December 2010. I captured these images with my Canon 20D with a 300MM 4.0L lens. I chose my 20D over my 5D to get the 1.6X benefit of the smaller sensor making my 300mm a 480mm. Even with that focal length I had to crop these images by about 50% to get a decent sized moon.

Full moon one hour prior to the lunar eclipse.

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During the lunar eclipse.

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Saturn during the lunar eclipse. (lower left corner)

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I wonder what people thought back in the dark ages or before when they experienced a lunar eclipse. Must have been a little scary to them.

- Kyle Dreier