 I was over on Islay with my wife Marion visiting Port Ellen for the weekend. I spent a most enjoyable Saturday night at the Ardview Inn, Port Ellen on 3rd March 2007. I was able to indulge
in two of my favourite pastimes at the same time - astronomy and
sampling of my favourite whiskies at source !! The other
patrons must have wondered what I was up to, disappearing outside with
camera and tripod in hand every half hour or so. In fact, a
good number of Ileachs and visitors in the Ardview came outside with me
to witness this stunning event which was blessed with totally clear and
steady skies - a rare occurrence in the UK and, I know from experience,
on Islay.
Below is a
compilation image of the entire total lunar eclipse event
from start to finish. Note that the number of images after
totality have longer gaps than before it - I wonder why?
Images were taken using a Coolpix 5700 at maximum optical zoom. The resulting images were minimally processed using Adobe Photoshop CS. |