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	Left: Moonrise over the mountains east of Payson. Sony Mavica FD88 at 2x and 8x zoom. Shows the lower portion allready in the shadow.
	Left: Just after the moon cleared trees, I shot this sequence of 2, 4, 8 seconds exposure to record the moons changing appearance with exposure time.
	Left: 10 minutes later, the moon started to emerge more fully from the earths ruddy shadow. Again, 2, 4, 8 seconds.

The sky cleared dramatically for our first eclipse of 2003. For us at the observatory in Payson, the fully eclipsed moon did not clear the nearby tall pines until the last 15 minutes of totality, however it still retained the beautiful coppery color of the event.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Newtonian
Platform:  AP1200
Film:  Kodak E200
CCD Autoguider: None
Exposure:  2 - 16s
Filters:  None
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 8/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  20 C
Processing: Photoshop, NEAT

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