The total eclipse of the Moon over a peak of the Continental Divide at the Crowsnest Pass area of the Canadian Rocky Mountains in southwest Alberta, before dawn on the morning of January 31, 2018. The Moon was setting into the west. The Moon is just south (left) of the large binocular star cluster, M44, or the Beehive Cluster in Cancer. Shortly after this, clouds wafting off the peak engulfed the Moon and I lost sight of it. However, this was at 6:44 am MST, about 20 minutes before the end of totality. This was a much publicized Blue Moon and Supermoon eclipse. This is a blend of a 15-second exposure for the sky and foreground, and a shorter 1-second exposure for the Moon to prevent its disk from being overexposed, despite it being dim and deep red in totality. Both were at f/2.8 with the 50mm Sigma lens on the Canon 6D MkII at ISO 1600. Untracked, so the stars are trailed.
A panorama of the total eclipse of the Moon on January 31, 2018 from the Crowsnest Pass area of the Alberta Rocky Mountains near the Continental Divide. Crowsnest Mountain itself is at far right. Cassiopeia is just above Crowsnest Mountain. Gemini is just setting right of centre. This was about 6:33 am MST, just after mid-totality, but with the Moon still in some cloud, as it typically was this morning. This was from near Coleman, Alberta. The panorama is from 8 segments, each with the 35mm lens at f/2.8 for 15 seconds at ISO 1600 with the Canon 6D MkII. Stitching was with Adobe Camera Raw. The Moon itself is blend of 4 exposures: 15 seconds, 4 seconds, 1 second, and 1/4 second to retain the red disk of the eclipsed Moon while bringing out the stars in the twilight sky. This was looking west as the Moon was setting.
