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Moon Eclipse
Sketches
As seen from Coal Creek Canyon, CO
by artist Wendy Dennie
Quick 2" diameter chalk pastel
moon sketches were completed
every
5-7 minutes during beginning
of the Moon eclipse
October 8, 2014
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Artist Notes:
I was starting to notice a color
“aura” around the still lit side of
the moon, so I tried to capture
these colors as to the best of my
ability.
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Artist Notes:
I was starting to notice a color
“aura” around the still lit side of
the moon, so I tried to capture
these colors as to the best of my
ability.
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Artist notes:
The aura around the still lit side
of the moon was beginning to show
similar colors of the emerging
eclipse shadow.
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Artist notes:
The eclipse shadow was beginning
to display the red color.
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Artists notes:
The aura of light from the barely lit side of the
moon seemed to have shimmering effect.
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Artists notes:
The aura of light from the barely lit side of the
moon appeared to be decreasing and the colors
of the eclipse shadow were intensifying.
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Artists notes:
The aura of light from the barely lit side of the
moon appeared to be diffused and the colors
of the eclipse shadow were gaining more reds
and oranges.
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Artists notes:
The eclipse shadow was gaining more deep
purple and red colors, along with deep salmon
and orange colors.
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Artists notes:
The eclipse shadow colors keep
evolving to
more intense pigments
of salmon, reds and oranges.
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Artists notes:
The eclipse shadow colors were
turning to more
orange and red colors.
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Artists notes:
The moon was dipping far down to the horizon
at this point in the eclipse.
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Artists notes:
The moon was dipping far down to
the horizon at this point in the eclipse.
There was a slight band of clouds visible
directly above the horizon.
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Artists notes:
There was a slight band of clouds visible
directly above the horizon that appeared
may soon become an issue
with my line of sight.
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Artists notes:
There was a slight band of clouds
visible directly above the horizon
that appeared may soon become
an issue with my line of sight.
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Artists notes:
The cloud band suddenly obscured the eclipse
and created a curious “jelly-fish” type optical illusion.
Once I drew this sketch, the moon was almost fully
obscured behind the cloud band just above
the western horizon. I was not able to witness
the optical illusion when the eclipse reaching
the setting point at the horizon.