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I dragged out of bed, dressed warm, and went for a longer walk than I expected to take this digital zoom of the moon just entering a brief (18 minute) totality at 5:11 am MDT, low in the southwest. At first, seeing it was getting light, I noticed Jupiter but no moon, then realized a lunar eclipse starting close to sunrise would put the moon low down in the west... Behind trees! I was lucky to get this picture before walking back to the cabin, surprising a dusky grouse on the gravel road, and turning back in for more sleep.

0526A_LunarEclipse.jpg (477 Kb) (under photos/21/0526_CathiesCabin/)

By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Sun Mar 9 14:33:54 MDT 2025)