Jan. 31st 2018 Lunar Eclipse

[SiriusDoggy]

Living in Las Vegas in a valley that is surrounded by mountains I knew the moon would be very low to the horizon in the west, I decided to find a better location for the eclipse. I headed to the Mojave National Preserve and used the Castle Mountains as my backdrop.

In this first image taken during mid-totality, you can easily see the Beehive open star cluster to the right of the moon.

As dawn approached the foreground really popped.

A composite through the phases....

The wide-angle shots were taken with a Canon 5D Mark II and 70-200mm lens.
The closeup composite images were taken with a Canon Mark III and Explore Scientific 127mm f6.5 952mm refractor.

[orion25]

Fabulous! The moon had already set on the East Coast by totality. I'm glad you got to see it and shared your photos. Nice job!

Reggie

[Knighty2112]

Cracking shots mate. Love ‘em!  

[Pete Presland]

Superb captures.

[Saganite]

Thanks for posting them, they are really lovely shots , particularly the first one ,during totality, absolutely love it !! 

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice set of images

[johnfosteruk]

Outstanding set of images. The first one is beautiful.

[Astro Imp]

Wonderful images, you chose a good location to add interest, well done.

[SiriusDoggy]

Thanks guys. It was a great night. We lucked out on the clouds. It was cloudy the morning before and the morning after.

[Warleb]

Agreed,  very good shots there.  good job

[SiriusDoggy]

Here's a short time-lapse video of the eclipse. 

Canon 5D MarkIII and Canon 14mm f2.8 lens.