The full moon is obscured by clouds at Boot Arch, Alabama Hills, California.
It was a frantic morning packing for a one-night road trip to the Eastern Sierra, to witness the total lunar eclipse occurring just before twilight, an eclipse that would graze the peaks of the Eastern Sierra before sinking from view. I didn't need an alarm clock, for the full moon was a bright beacon in my tent, and when the eclipse began, it was even more spectacular than any witnessed from the confines of a metropolis overwhelmed by light pollution.
