Partial Lunar Eclipse

From the western half of the United States a partial lunar eclipse was visible this morning just as the full moon was setting.

Despite the loco fringe who think that there is some great "meaning" or social significance surrounding this event, actually we get to see a partial lunar eclipse pretty often. Basically every year. I guess there are always those fanatics who are looking for something transcendental or religious in what are purely secular and scientific phenomena.

This is a picture I took in El Paso, Texas USA this morning at 4:35 a.m. mountain time. Camera Settings: aperture f/5.0, shutter 1/256 sec, ISO 160, focal length in 35 mm equivalents 678 mm, using a Nikon P100 camera.

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