Moon treats Waikato watchers to glowing eclipse

See Megan Cameron’s images of the lunar eclipse.

The weather was not looking  promising for the eclipse at the beginning of the evening, but about an hour before the scheduled event I set up my camera on the tripod. From there it was a matter of waiting, and hoping the clouds cleared in time. They did, and as well as the moon looking magnificent, Mars was in clear view, a shining bright red dot in the distance.