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Zodiacal Light got stronger, and reddening of sky had already begun even before astronomical twilight. I was sleeping on the rock bed near the camera with my knees up. It was nice experience to be drowsy there viewing dark sky. My clothes were wet with night dew, when my iPhone alarm ringed after one hour, though my face was dry. It was fortunate that the small lenses of Ricoh Theta Z1 was kept clear thanks to USB micro dew heater below the lenses.

Aurora was not visible through the night.

site: 1,127m above sea level at lat. 44 39 58 North and long. 142 24 45 East, the summit of Mt.Hakodake 函岳 in Soya area 宗谷地方. It was my third visit there. Ambient temperature was around 5 degrees Celsius or 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Wind was mild.

I watched many rabbits, foxes, and deer at the night. The site is said to be a rich habitat of brown bears, though I have never watched them in the area. They must be timid or cautious.

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Eclipse partielle de Lune du 18/09/2024 suite. Cette fois-ci une image avec un traitement HDR (plusieurs images à des expositions différentes), ce traitement montre bien l'ombre du disque terrestre grignoter le haut de la Lune.

Phase de l'éclipse à 4H44 du matin.

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Partial lunar eclipse that occurred in the early hours of September 18, 2024 observed from Oria, Italy
Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello


Composition of shots referring to the partial lunar eclipse in order to draw the edge of the shadow at the beginning, center and end of the contact. In the external images the Moon was in the advanced penumbra. Note how the brightness has changed due to atmospheric absorption.

Taken with LZOS 500mm f8 3M-5CA MC + Canon EOS 4000D 1/250s @200 ISO

Tags:   Partial Lunar Eclipse

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