Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM2 17mm f/4 IS0 100 on 31st January 2018 in Zhangjiakou, China, Eclipsed Moon Trail shows a spectacular total lunar eclipse. I set my camera for a four-hour stack exposure, capturing an image that reflects the changes of the Moon’s colour and brightness before, during and after the eclipse.
Won the runner-up of the Skyscapes in Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018 that is one of the top competitions of Astro-Landscape photography in the world.
“This picture is teeming with cosmic energy. As a star trail, it reveals Earth’s rotation and place in the Universe. And at its core, it exuberantly exposes the celestial mechanics of a lunar eclipse.” — Melanie Vandenbrouck
- To see the print version of this work, please visit the shop page of Royal Museums Greenwich.
- To know more about the IAPY prize of the work, please see the report of BBC.
- Enjoy the following video which is another demonstration of the serial four-hour exposure: