Hunter "Blood" Moon Full Lunar Eclipse - October 8, 2014
Images taken in Midland, Texas.

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The partial eclipse started at 4:18 a.m. local time. I woke at 4:20 a.m. so I saw the start of it, but by the time I dressed and figured out the best way to capture images with my camera more than 15 minutes had elapsed. The camera is not the best for low light situations, but I captured the essence of what happened.

4:37 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

4:47 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

4:52 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

5:01 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

5:11 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

5:21 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

Full eclipse started at 5:27 a.m. This was taken at 5:31 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

5:32 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

5:36 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

5:38 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

At this point I decided to go back to bed. I missed the maximum eclipse at 5:55 a.m. and the end of the full eclipse at 6:22 a.m. The second partial eclipse was happening when I took the dog for her morning walk, but the moon was also now in the low edge of the horizon with some clouds.

7:07 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

7:14 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

7:21 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

7:25 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

7:31 a.m.
[Dark curved shadow across the moon comes down from the upper left.]

The partial eclipse ended at 7:32 a.m., 15 minutes before sunrise.

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