Eclipsed Moon Trail

Taken

January 31, 2018

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: