Total Eclipse of the Moon

Last week, on June 15th, Israel was treated to the longest total lunar eclipse until 2018.  We were extremely fortunate to have a front-row seat.  The moon rose just far south enough to be visible from our apartment window.  The next night it was too far over the building!  The eclipse started around 9:00 p.m. and was at totality by 11:30 when we decided to call it a night.  Here are some photos from the event.  We took these with a 70-300mm IS lens on a Canon 7D.

A cloud passes in front of the moon as it rises

Eclipse is starting!

The moon is disappearing

Further into the eclipse

As we approached totality, the moon went red and very dark

Total eclipse, very dark