A Dark Nature

I must say, it was indeed a beautiful sight! As much as I love nature, it doesn’t get any more awkwardly spooky than this. I find it rather breathtaking to witness an event like this because it only happens once every so often. Luckily I had surfed on NASA’s website a few months before this happened, preparing myself to take some photos today. I had marked this eclipse date down, and now I’ve captured its beauty on film.

The dark sphere covering the moon’s figure would be the Earth’s shadow, causing this to be a partial Umbral eclipse. As seen in the photo above taken tonight during this sighting, you’ll notice that the Earth’s shadow is covering about 75% of the moon at this point. I had missed a bit of it in the beginning of its movement where the moon was about 85% covered, left to be very dark and slim. Nonetheless, a great sighting! Without size mattering at this point, we appreciate the fact of the eclipse that occurs during its time.

I only hope many of you could have experienced this sight, and if not, maybe you'll think twice when it decides to pay us another visit. ;]

- Written by Philip Marcoccia
- Photo taken by Philip Marcoccia