Early Saturday morning along the beach next to Chrissy Field there was a positively massive gathering of photographers to capture the full lunar eclipse setting behind the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. A friend and I were on hand to watch the show. It was a rare conjunction of the fully eclipsed moon setting just before daybreak, and the last full lunar eclipse until 2014.
Fantastic photos Justin!
I didn’t even ask my son if he got up early, because I knew the answer! We stopped for pictures at Ft. Point while we were visiting over Thanksgiving. It will be better for pictures when they get the darn chain link fencing down! Thanks for showing us what goes on while other people sleep!
Hmm, it looks like the moon in SF is rotated about 180 degrees from what I remember it being in Hawaii.
Wonderful!! I love the shot you got off all the other photographers! Well done!
The shot with the shutterbugs is my fav. So cool.
Hope you had a great Christmas and have a Happy New Year Justin. 2012…..where have all he years gone?….
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