Longest Lunar Eclipse Over Mount Damavand
Recorded in 27,28 July 2018 , near Nandal village in Iran , this total lunar eclipse sequence was taken over mount Damavand , ( Damavand ( 5671 meters high )
[dæmɒːvænd]), a potentially active volcano, is a stratovolcano which is the highest peak in Iran and the Middle East, and the highest volcano in Asia; the Kunlun Volcanic Group in Tibet is higher than Damāvand, but are not considered to be volcanic mountains. Damāvand has a special place in Persian mythology and folklore. It is in the middle of the Alborz range, It is near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, in Amol County, Mazandaran Province.) An exposure every 5 minutes captured the Moon's position and eclipse phase, as it arced, left to righ In fact, the sequence effectively measures the roughly 240 minute duration of the total phase of the eclipse. This photo was taken by team work Ali Haddad & Hamid Reza Esmaili.
Title
Longest Lunar Eclipse Over Mount Damavand
Date of photography
1397/05/05