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Subject: Lunar Eclipse over Y Mountain
Date: January 20, 2000
Time: 9:25pm (Local Time)
Location: Provo, Utah
Lens: 28mm
F-stop: 2.8
Exposure time: 10 s
Filters: none
Film: Kodak Max
ISO/ASA: 800

About the Title: This picture show the lunar eclipse about twenty minutes into totality. I capitalized the Y to emphasize the BYU "Y" on the mountain below.

On the evening of January 20, 2000, Earth passed directly between the Moon and the Sun. Consequently, instead of a bright, full moon, the moon turned a deep red as the Earth's shadow passed over it. Red light consists of longer wavelengths than the rest of the visible spectrum, so it was able to curve around the Earth to keep the moon visible.

For the entire eclipse sequence, see my lunar eclipse animation