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All photos taken by and (c) Bruce G. Marcot.
SOLAR ECLIPSES
Partial solar eclipse of 21 August 2017. Although this was a total eclipse, it was "merely" partial from my location in northwest Oregon.
And along the back fence were a hundred other eclipses staring back at me:
Partial
solar eclipse of 20 May 2012. Ah, western
Oregon, cloudy gray western Oregon. I had little hope of seeing this
partial eclipse, but the high clouds briefly parted a few times, leaving a hole
in the sky ... through which the sun appeared bright but blurred from a
persistent lower cloud bank. Still, it made for a sequence of images, as
seen through a gauze and with a hint of colored halos, as the moon slowly slid
past the solar disk. (Click
on the image for larger size.) 
Animation
- Partial solar eclipse of 10 June 2002. Click on the image
to view a 12-picture sequence taken from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. PDT (may
take a few moments to load). The eclipse reached its local
maximum at 6:06 p.m. when 43% of the sun's disk, and 53% of the sun's diameter,
were covered. Notice the two large sunspots that get covered and
uncovered by the moon's disk as the eclipse proceeds. The images
were taken at 5-minute interals.
Solar north is to the left; here
is an image of the pre-eclipse sun taken by Big Bear Solar Observatory
in California, oriented the same way, showing the two main sunspots that
appear in my movie.
Taken in Tigard, Oregon (just
south of Portland) by photographing, with a digital camera, the sun's disk
projected through a 4" Newtonian reflector onto a white paper. This
was aired on the evening news on 10 June 2002 on KPTV Channel 12 in Portland,
Oregon. My thanks to Sandy Willis and Carrie Sakai for their help.
Partial
solar eclipse of 10 June 2002. This
still image shows one of the large sunspots, about to be covered by the
moon's disk.
Solar
eclipse of 26 February 1979. Taken
in Humboldt County, northern California, through a break in the clouds
just at the point of maximum coverage. The clouds add a nice depth
and colorful frame.
LUNAR ECLIPSES
Lunar Eclipse, 28 August 2007
The following movie and photos were taken from northwestern Oregon, USA, where the maximum eclipse was reached at local time 02:38.
Nearing
full eclipse stage ... with stars beginning to appearing behind the orange-gold
orb! ...
(Click for larger version)
At full eclipse, in the deepest umbra shadow,
the orb became pumpkin orange, and more stars appeared...
(Click for larger version)
So
odd to see such a dark night sky with a "full moon" ...
At this point, a Great Horned Owl started hooting from some old Douglas-firs,
making the magic of this amazing night complete.
(Click for larger version)
Shapes of the Moon
Compare
shapes of the moon -- during a lunar eclipse, Earth's shadow casts
a straighter line (the terminator) than we otherwise see during crescent
phase!
Lunar Eclipse of 27 October 2004
Lunar
eclipse of 27 October 2004.
The moon has risen and enters full totality. It is blood red. An
auspicious event just a few days before Halloween.
Lunar Eclipse of 08 November 2003
Lunar
eclipse of 08 November 2003.
The moon is rising and exiting full totality. It is cream-orange
in color here, still fully engulfed in Earth's penumbra shadow. Very
similar to the images below of the eclipse of 15 May 2003, but the moon
is more on its "side" because of the Autumn date.
Lunar Eclipse of 15 May 2003
Lunar
eclipse of 15 May 2003. The moon is just rising and just
exiting full totality. It is cream-orange in color here, still fully
engulfed in Earth's penumbra shadow.
Lunar
eclipse of 15 May 2003. Taken just a few minutes after
the above photo, with storm clouds beginning to cover its surface.
The limb of the moon is just beginning to recede from the penumbra as the
white area on the lower left of its surface shows.
Lunar
eclipse of 15 May 2003. Taken during moonrise behind a
large old Douglas-fir tree. The Earth's shadow still covers a portion
of the moon's surface.
Lunar
eclipse of 15 May 2003. Evening rain clouds beginning
to gather.
Lunar Eclipse of 1993
Lunar
eclipse of 1993. Note the difference in color compared
with other eclipses.
Lunar
eclipse of 1993. Mere moments before vanishing into thin
space!
Lunar
eclipse of 1993. Triple exposure taken on the same photo,
as Earth's shadow eats up the lunar surface.
Animation
- Lunar eclipse of 1993. Click on the image to view an
animated sequence of the eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse of August 1992
Lunar
eclipse of August 1992. Note the pinkish tinge.
This is caused by sunlight filtering through the Earth's atmosphere as
it falls onto the lunar surface. Also note that the Earth's shadow
is curved as it covers the full moon; ancient observers used this as evidence
that the Earth is circular.