This is a time-shortened version of the total eclipse of the moon that happened on February 20, 2008. These are single frames captured every six seconds for the four hour duration of the event. As with every time I have tried to capture an eclipse, things go wrong, but there is nothing to do except to do your best.

It is twelve degrees out, I am stringing video camera to laptop, keeping both charged with wiring that comes from the window of my car. At this magnification, the camera has to be repositioned every ten or so minutes. The tripod is not happy about pointing straight up in the air, the grease in the head is stiff. Three and a half hours into the eclipse the computer starts throwing errors with each exposure, requiring me to click OK every six seconds.