So I've been pumped for a week. I heard about the lunar eclipse last week, and have been hardcore, nerd-style pumped to watch it unfold the whole way I was going to be driving into work this morning. Plenty of research later, and I had my camera settings ready to get some cool pictures of it along the way. I shared my nerdiness with my daughter all week, and she was equally pumped.
I headed outside with the camera last night to play with the camera settings a bit more and see how it would go, and I got some pretty cool pictures of the full moon rising as a bonus.
So this morning we woke up stupid early to get on the road to school so that we had enough time to find a dark spot, stop, set up the tripod, and snap a few long exposures. Grace was giving me updates the whole way as we were driving East and I couldn't see it. She was pretty awestruck by the whole thing, and that was as awesome to see as the eclipse itself. The whole way to school she was chewing my ear off about everything she knows about the sun and moon from school. Makes a teacher proud to hear that stuff and see her curiosity show through.
But anyway, we made a few stops and snapped off a few of the pictures you see below. It was an awesome morning. If you didn't get to see it, I hear there are two more eclipses next year, so stay tuned, and get your butt out of bed. It's awesome to watch.
