Where else but the Alabama Hills to greet a lunar eclipse that began just as the sun's last rays disappeared from the land? A different approach, though... The Moon, its crimson visage barely visible, streaked across the sky, following Spica across the Zodiac, its destiny to be bright again, to exit the Earth's umbra and brighten the land below. Photographed May 2022.
The sky darkens to deep cobalt on its way to an even deeper black... A sprinkling of stars appears, shining improbably even as the full Moon graces the sky. Oh, but the Moon... A moment ago, it wore a glittering crown, that last moment of unfiltered sunlight that brightens the Moon on any other night... Now, we glimpse a Moon reflecting the light of the setting Sun from lands to our west and sunrises halfway around our blue planet. For the next hour, your pinkish red hue will mesmerize and hold our gaze, till the bright crown returns, and we turn away from your glare once again... Photographed May 2022.
The eclipsed moon peeks out between two crags in the Alabama Hills. Photographed May 2022.
