when the moon hits your eye...

The first total lunar eclipse in three years happened tonight, and I was outside with the 300 zoom to try to capture it. Lunar eclipses occur when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, an uncommon event because the moon spends most of its time either above or below the plane of Earth’s orbit. Naturally, I was wishing that I had a telephoto lens right about now, but I'll have to settle for the 300 for now. By the time North America could see the eclipse, it had already happened. We caught the back end of it. Here is the eclipse from our part of the world.

What I found most interesting about tonight's total lunar eclipse (besides the fact that it was happening) is the fact that so few people knew about it. I was the only one out on my block with my camera stalking down the moon like I was a paparazzi. My neighbors waved at me from inside their house... surely they must think I'm a mental case walking around at night with my camera. But it made me think how God is working and moving and doing things in our midst that we don't even notice. He worked on this magnificent heavenly display and so few even saw it. We are too busy. We are busy toiling away like little ants. But HE is still there, in all His power and might, just waiting for us to see Him and seek Him. Makes me want to slow down and see what He's up to.

"How awesome is the LORD Most High,

the great King over all the earth!" ~ Psalm 47:2