Total lunar eclipse over Teide crater, Tenerife – a project with many obstacles

Rarely have I thought so often about abandoning a photography project as during this lunar eclipse on Tenerife. Somehow, everything seemed to conspire against us this time. This is the story of an elaborately planned photo project where almost everything went wrong, but perseverance ultimately paid off. But let’s start from the beginning… Germans: Hier gibt es eine Deutsche Version. We, that is Uli and I, have made it almost a tradition to meet on Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) once a year. This time, Uli said, hey, on March 14th there’s a total lunar eclipse, and I’ve calculated a location from which we can photograph the fully eclipsed moon setting directly over the crater of Teide at dawn! It sounded almost too good to be true—because typical lunar eclipses are rather dull photographically, especially after you’ve seen and photographed a few. Without an interesting foreground, pictures of a red moon look the same anywhere in the world. Technically challenging, perhaps, but not ... Read full article.