Hope you enjoy these amazing shots of Wednesday's total lunar eclipse as viewed from northern Illinois and Indiana. These images were relayed to us by our WGN-TV viewers and loyal weather blog readers. I apologize for my delay in posting these. I was out at a National Weather Service conference in Maryland Thursday or they'd have been up sooner -- but I did want you to see them.
As always, our remarkable astronomer Dan Joyce did a terrific job in keeping us informed of the eclipse's progress. Thanks to all!!
--By Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist
Photos courtesy of Sheldon Faworki, Elizabeth, Ill.
Time-lapse photos courtesy of Thomas Nava, Northwest Side of Chicago, Ill.
Curt Renz, always a friend of this blog and our WGN weather office, provides us this shot of Wednesday's eclipse and explains: Below is a photo I captured of the lunar eclipse two minutes after maximum totality. It was taken from Arlington Heights, Ill., on 2008 FEB 20 at 21:28 CST. Saturn is toward the lower left and Regulus near the top. A reddish hue is apparent on the Moon. Even though the eclipse was in totality, the lower right limb of the Moon appears brightened because as viewed from that region the Sun would have been barely hidden by the Earth.
Photo courtesy of Curt Renz
Paul Hadfield shares these remarkable photographs shot downstate in central Illinois with us. Thanks Paul!
Photos courtesy of Paul Hadfield, Decatur area
Jay Kleeman offers us his shots of Wednesday’s eclipse. Thanks Jay!
Photos courtesy of Jay Kleeman
