SPECIAL
ASSIGNMENT!
Full Eclipse of the Full Moon
May 16, 2003
On the
evening of May 16, 2003 south Texas was treated to the rare sight of
a full moon fully eclipsed by the earth's shadow. Despite a horrible
layer of smoke and haze (from weeks on end of smoke from burning
agricultural fields in southern Mexico and Central America) and the
addition of evening coastal high humidity clouds, photographers
persevered to get shots of this fascinating phenomenon. Check out
the results from the contributors below. Everyone agreed it was
definitely a learning experience, and a good warm up for the next
full moon full eclipse, which is slated to occur again in November,
2003.
For some
really fabulous amateur and professional shots from around the
hemisphere, check out NASA's
Space Weather's Lunar Eclipse Gallery. This is without doubt one
of the most fantastic sites on the entire world wide web (and a
marvelous place for a photographer to get some exposure and
publishing credit!).
Once you've engaged the
slide show page,
just hit "PLAY" to run the slide show. If you want
to pause at any time, simply hit "STOP" and the show
will stop on that slide. Hit "PLAY" to pick up the
show from where you stopped and it will resume. The show will
loop until you tell it to stop again, or return to the Photo
Assignments page. Enjoy!
Click on the following links to see the
photos:
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