One Total Lunar Eclipse Photo to Rule Them All

There are some great images from the lunar eclipse. This may be the one that tops them all. The moon is shown in various stages of the eclipse in this amazing image.

McCarthy said that the size and shape of Earth's shadow can be seen here. These events are amazing to watch and very strange.

McCarthy took pictures of the entire eclipse from his backyard. You can see how the Moon moved through the Earth's shadow by looking closely.

The detail in the images of the moon is striking. McCarthy did it.

McCarthy said he shot around 150,000 images. The first thing I wanted to do was take photos using my c11 at the native 2800mm. When the panorama of the moon was stitched together, it had incredible detail because I imaged the moon in small segments, which were sorted, stacked and sharpened.

McCarthy did this three times. He mounted his Sony a7ii camera to his telescope at 2000mm and used it to take 500 photos of the moon. These images were combined with a previously captured high-resolution photo of the Moon to provide incredible detail to create the final composite.

McCarthy calls the photo "Shadows and Sunsets" because during a total lunar eclipse, the Moon shines in the colors from all the sunrises and sunsets. Earth's atmosphere absorbs the other colors while it bends the sun's rays towards the moon. Sunsets here on Earth are often orange and red due to the sun bending through the atmosphere.

There are limited quantities of prints on McCarthy's website. The full size image is nearly 190MIPs, so it is incredibly detailed and can be printed up really large. McCarthy made a statement.

McCarthy's photography is available in high resolution on his website. He said he needs gear to improve his images. He said that he was leaning on his patrons to support him as he began doing full-time work.

McCarthy said that he wants to connect people with the universe and inspire a new generation of explorers after he bought his first telescope. He wanted to have a better view of the night sky.

McCarthy moved to Arizona because he wanted to make sure he could shoot events like this without interruption. I built a simple observatory in my backyard which has two permanent piers inside it, allowing me to safely run equipment the entire night and easily close up at dawn. I was prepared to travel across the country if the weather wasn't good.

McCarthy answered his most frequently asked questions and suggested what type of gear was needed to do the type of photography he does.