Blood Moon

Today we had what is referred to as a Blood moon. These are caused by a total lunar eclipse. Today's occurrence was the second in a series called a Tetrad. The remaining two lunar eclipses in the Tetrad will occur next year in April and in September. The picture above was taken when the moon was almost completely in shadow.

The next picture was taken about 20 minutes later just before the moon descended behind a tree. It was very dim and we had trouble locating it in the camera viewfinder. The red color is caused by the sunlight bending through the earth's atmosphere. It bends toward the red portion of the spectrum and casts a red glow on the moon.

Lizard in the carport

Saturday I was tearing down a fence that had been damaged by termites and I rediscovered this lizard living among the boards and leaves, etc. The board he is on is about 5 1/2 inches across so this is a fairly large critter. I had seen him several times before but never had the opportunity to photograph him up close. This was it. If you recognize him, tell me what he is.

Here is another picture of him from a different angle.