Total lunar eclipse March 2025: Best photos of the "Blood Worm Moon

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Relive the 2025 "Blood Worm Moon" total lunar eclipse with these breathtaking photos.

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[Helio]

FWIW, here's my shot taken through thin cloud cover....

 

[rod]

FWIW, here's my shot taken through thin cloud cover....

Outstanding job Helio! I posted some geeky notes here, https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/catch-a-spectacular-total-lunar-eclipse-on-march-13-14/, I had difficulty with low level clouds while viewing.

 

[Helio]

Outstanding job Helio! I posted some geeky notes here, https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/catch-a-spectacular-total-lunar-eclipse-on-march-13-14/, I had difficulty with low level clouds while viewing.

Great shot! I was hoping mine would be more in focus since my Sony shows me when an object is in focus. But the atmosphere's turbulence, wind, clouds, and the high ISO (6400) kept the image grainy. I was going to use my Sony 100-400mm since my dome's shutter was, once again, broken. But I had time to fix it enough for it to work for a while, at least. This allowed me to use the 12.5" as a prime focus lens.

My hope is to stumble across some user-friendly software that stacks images like that in the Seestar camera. I won't be shocked if that little 50mm outshines my work.

Added: I found a Seestar image at Cloudy Nights. Not really much better than ours....

https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/957823-lunar-eclipse-march-1314-2025/

 

[Helio]

Here are few others of minor mention...

 

[rod]

Here are few others of minor mention...

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Helio, you have captured images of Mare Crisium during the total lunar eclipse, I was observing that area too when viewing with my telescope. Blue Ghost lander was in Mare Crisium taking pictures of Earth blocking out the Sun, a total solar eclipse as viewed from the Moon! https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/a-total-solar-eclipse-from-the-moon/

Blue Ghost lander took pictures of you and I and we were looking at Mare Crisium too. I think that makes us Space Cowboys

Very good pictures Helio, thanks for sharing your lunar eclipse images.

 

[Helio]

I was surprised to see the solar eclipse as seen from Firefly. The light, especially the red areas, suggested the Earth was a match for the Sun's size, though it was actually about 104 arcminutes, more than 3x the size. But Bill suggested it was due to smokey skies from fires that gave areas the greater red color spots, thus not solar prominences.

 

[rod]

I was surprised to see the solar eclipse as seen from Firefly. The light, especially the red areas, suggested the Earth was a match for the Sun's size, though it was actually about 104 arcminutes, more than 3x the size. But Bill suggested it was due to smokey skies from fires that gave areas the greater red color spots, thus not solar prominences.

Helio, the 104 arcminute or so angular size for Earth as seen from the Moon is accurate. However I see this answer as a better explanation from Sky & Telescope report. FYI.

"Mike Howard

March 15, 2025 at 5:59 pm

Total Solar Eclipse—from the Moon.

Several news agencies are reporting an amazing photo taken from the Moon by the rover Blue Ghost that shows an eclipse of the sun complete with the diamond ring effect. The “diamond” is the sun peeking out, but many people are commenting on what makes the “ring”, noting that the earth is nearly 4 times as big as the moon...", ref - https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/a-total-solar-eclipse-from-the-moon/

 

[Helio]

Is refraction great enough so even those orbiting close to Earth (NEO) still see a 360 deg. horizon glow?