There was a total Lunar Eclipse here in Honolulu starting Monday night, November 7th-8th. At totality, it transforms into the Blood Moon, a reddish-orange color cast from the light of sunrises and sunsets, seen at the top of the above composite.  A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth and moon align, and will be the last totality seen in North America for 3 years until March 2025.

I stayed up from 10PM until 3:30AM shooting 82 sequences (5 exposures at each point, since the light was changing so fast) over that period. Technically, the eclipse was to end at 3:49AM, but the clouds covered the moon and it started raining at 3:30AM, so I went in.

I was able to capture the first few images out of my condo window in Honolulu. The moon then went overhead and slightly out of view, so I moved to the driveway across the street for the remainder of the session. Winds were fierce, and drizzle came and went, so I had to time each photo when the wind gusts had died down and clean the lens between each spout of rain. Overall, I was reasonably happy with the result though.

This is the last lunar eclipse until March 2025, so I consider myself lucky to have mostly clear skies to work with. Here is a photo of the full Blood Moon during totality. The color is due to the reflected light from earth, since at this point it gets no direct light from the sun.