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I used a Canon D20 digital SLR with a 300 mm lens on a tripod. The weather here in Florida was absolutely clear with a bit of dew that I had to clear off the lens a few times while taking the pictures. The temperature was in the low 50s and I was out from about 1:15 to about 4:10am. The exposures range from 1/8000 sec for the full moon to 3.2 sec for the Total Eclipsed moon at 3:10 am. Now we have to wait until April 14-15, 2014 for the next one visible here in North America. / Bob Veilleux Planetarium Educator

Bob Veilleux

I used a Canon D20 digital SLR with a 300 mm lens on a tripod. The weather here in Florida was absolutely clear with a bit of dew that I had to clear off the lens a few times while taking the pictures. The temperature was in the low 50s and I was out from about 1:15 to about 4:10am. The exposures range from 1/8000 sec for the full moon to 3.2 sec for the Total Eclipsed moon at 3:10 am. Now we have to wait until April 14-15, 2014 for the next one visible here in North America. / Bob Veilleux Planetarium Educator

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  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by Marilyn Nagy
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user bsdetector
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user kaxer who took the photo in Naples.
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user gc1101
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user gc1101
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user Quintino_DeSousa
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user nettiekirk who took the photo at 3:55 a.m.
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user Quintino_DeSousa
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user gc1101
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user kms10s
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user gc1101
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user gc1101
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user WJWPB
  • I used a Canon D20 digital SLR with a 300 mm lens on a tripod. The weather here in Florida was absolutely clear with a bit of dew that I had to clear off the lens a few times while taking the pictures. The temperature was in the low 50s and I was out from about 1:15 to about 4:10am. The exposures range from 1/8000 sec for the full moon to 3.2 sec for the Total Eclipsed moon at 3:10 am. Now we have to wait until April 14-15, 2014 for the next one visible here in North America. / Bob Veilleux Planetarium Educator
  • I used a Canon D20 digital SLR with a 300 mm lens on a tripod. The weather here in Florida was absolutely clear with a bit of dew that I had to clear off the lens a few times while taking the pictures. The temperature was in the low 50s and I was out from about 1:15 to about 4:10am. The exposures range from 1/8000 sec for the full moon to 3.2 sec for the Total Eclipsed moon at 3:10 am. Now we have to wait until April 14-15, 2014 for the next one visible here in North America. / Bob Veilleux Planetarium Educator
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by naplesnews.com user kms10s
  • First shot is an almost complete eclipse. It's followed by a complete eclipse of the moon taken around 3 AM, on December 21. Taken from the Immokalee I75 area. Used an inexpensive Kodak Z1015 IS Camera. Photo by naplesnews.com user Paradisebass
  • First shot is an almost complete eclipse. It's followed by a complete eclipse of the moon taken around 3 AM, on December 21. Taken from the Immokalee I75 area. Used an inexpensive Kodak Z1015 IS Camera. Photo by naplesnews.com user Paradisebass
  • A total eclipse of the moon occurred Tuesday, December 21, 2010. The lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface. Submitted by Marilyn Nagy

Reader-submitted photos of the total eclipse of the moon Tuesday, December 21. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the full moon, blocking the sun's rays that otherwise reflect off the moon's surface.

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