{"id":38485,"date":"2025-03-13T22:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T02:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=38485"},"modified":"2025-03-13T22:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T02:20:17","slug":"dont-expect-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2025\/03\/dont-expect-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t expect much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I&#8217;m aware of the total lunar eclipse due to take place in a few hours, and I am intending to pursue it (again.) However, Old Man Weather may have other ideas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HazyPreclipse.jpg\" alt=\"full moon almost obscured by atmospheric haze before total lunar eclipse\" width=\"750\" height=\"653\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38486\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/>This is what it looks like out there right now, and it&#8217;s been this way for hours. It may still clear up a bit more, but if it remains like this, I&#8217;m not going to get anything worthwhile. I&#8217;ve gotten <a href=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/tag\/total-lunar-eclipse\/\" target=\"_blank\">plenty before<\/a>, so no biggie, but naturally this eclipse will be the one where a major asteroid crashes into the near lunar surface and makes a spectacular display.<\/p>\n<p>I have to fess up that my shooting angle for this one could have stood improvement<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ConfusingBranches.jpg\" alt=\"branches interfering with view of hazy moon\" width=\"750\" height=\"647\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38487\" \/><br clear=\"all\"\/>Really, I just stepped out onto the porch for a couple quick example frames &#8211; you&#8217;re lucky I even used a tripod. I&#8217;ll do better if the skies do better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I&#8217;m aware of the total lunar eclipse due to take place in a few hours, and I am intending to pursue it (again.) However, Old Man Weather may have other ideas. This is what it looks like out there right now, and it&#8217;s been this way for hours. It may still clear up a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,3],"tags":[4846,5231,241,993,2360,8017],"class_list":["post-38485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-photo","tag-full-moon","tag-haze","tag-moon-photography","tag-night-photography","tag-total-lunar-eclipse","tag-uncooperative-skies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38485\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}