21st January 2019

This early morning I used the wonderful opportunity to photograpgh the Super Blood Wolf Moon (Super Blutmond in German). The reddish color of the moon appeared due to the total lunar eclipse. Based on it's color it is also called blood moon. This happens as Earth is getting between sun and moon and Earth's shadow limits light to reach the moon. But this morning it came together with another phenomenon called a supermoon. This is when the moon is a bit closer to Earth then normal and thus appears bigger than usual. Both phenomenons coming together at the same time don't happen that often - in fact the next one to be visible over Germany will not be before 2037 so I am even happier that I didn't miss it.

Compared to the lunar eclipse in summer 2018 we had perfect weather conditions over Frankfurt - a clear, cloud-free sky allowing to take beautiful photographs. Unfortunately such a clear sky over Germany on a very early January morning (I started taking pictures at around 4:50 am) comes with an unpleasant side effect - it was freezing cold outside (it was around -7° Celsius). But the spectacular view on this phenomenon made me almost forget the cold (until I returned back home and realized I can't really hold my cup of coffee as my fingers were still stiff from the cold). 

Below some more photos of this beautiful late night/early morning photo shooting. Hope you like them.

Cheers,

Suli