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Lunar eclipse - Visual simulation, Victor Van Puyenbroeck
Lunar eclipse - Visual simulation, Victor Van Puyenbroeck

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This is a simulation of the Moon's visual appearance during the eclipse on 21.01.2019.

Looking through the eyepiece, I could easily observe both the illuminated and eclipsed parts of the Moon simultaneously. But the difference in brightness was actually huge (over 9 photographic stops) and it was impossible to capture the dynamic range of the entire scene with a single exposure. Nonetheless, I tried to recreate the visual appearance of the event by combining several different exposures into HDR images. Blending the layers involved quite a bit of artistic freedom, it's mostly my own memory of the event.

The HDR images seem to have a bit more depth or 3D-effect due to the rounded shape of Earth's shadow. I quite like that, because the shadow was one of the first things that blew me away during the observation.

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