Eclipsed Moon

Lunar Eclipse - December 10, 2011
Lunar Eclipse - December 10, 2011

Hi!
This is my sketch of the Lunar Eclipse. In Poland the initial phase and the main phase of the eclipse was impossible to observe. But we could watch the final phase of the eclipse.
This sketch shows the Moon coming out from the shadow of the Earth.

Objects: Moon – Lunar Eclipse
Date: December 10, 2011
Time: About 16:25 – 16:35 (4:25 – 4:35 PM)
Place: Nowy Sącz, Poland
Equipment: Binoculars Bresser 10×50
Conditions: faint fog, light pollution.
Technique: Pastels on navy blue art paper. Correction and tooling with GIMP2
Author: Aleksander Cieśla (Wimmer)

7 thoughts on “Eclipsed Moon”

  1. Excellent sketch, as usual.
    Unfortunately I have not had occasion to see this Lunar Eclipse, but
    your sketch let me feel the atmosphere of this event 🙂

  2. wonderfull sketch Alexander!! I can’t made the sketch because the weather was bad,rain and clouds on the sea…i come back to home depressed.
    At next.Bye,Giorgio.

  3. Alexander,

    This is a beautiful capture of the partial phase of the lunar eclipse. Wonderfully executed!

    Frank 🙂

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