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Trying to capture the eclipse with really LOW-quality cell phones

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En mi mente podía captar un eclipse de manera facil con cualquiera de mis celulares sin que parezca la luna solo un punto o solo un bombillo jaja pero realmente no pude, mis celulares no tienen la mejor cámara, a pesar de que el Xiaomi viejito que tengo toma fotos espectaculares de cerca, de lejos es otra cosa, no logra captar para nada bien la luna, pero a pesar de eso me emociono mucho ver el eclipse y poder tomarle foto aunque parezca un bombillo pixelado

In my mind, I thought I could easily capture an eclipse with any of my cell phones without the moon looking like just a dot or a light bulb, haha, but I really couldn't. my phones don’t have the best cameras—even though my old Xiaomi takes spectacular close-up photos, it’s a different story from far away; it doesn’t capture the moon very well at all. But despite that, I was really excited to see the eclipse and take a picture of it, even if it looks like a pixelated light bulb.

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Siempre he amado ver los eclipses, para mi son eventos muy importantes, me parecen una de las cosas mas maravillosas que podemos ver en vida, tanto eclipses lunares como eclipses solares (el eclipse solar solo lo he visto una vez en mi vida y estaba muy pequeña, en los 90’ desde entonces no recuerdo otro eclipse solar en mi país) ayer había un eclipse lunar que comenzaría desde la noche del 27 de agosto y finalizaría en la madrugada del 28, la luna comenzó a salir detrás de la montaña iluminando todo el cielo, estaba super llena y luminosa.

I’ve always loved watching eclipses; to me, they’re very important events. I think they’re one of the most wonderful things we can see in our lifetime—both lunar and solar eclipses (I’ve only seen a solar eclipse once in my life, and I was very young—back in the ’90s. Since then, I don’t recall another solar eclipse in my country.) Yesterday there was a lunar eclipse that began on the night of August 27 and ended in the early morning hours of the 28th. The moon began to rise behind the mountain, lighting up the entire sky; it was super full and bright.

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Me preocupaba bastante las nubes ya que anoche había muchas nubes y últimamente en clima en mi país esta muy loco, podría ponerse a llover de la nada y nos perderíamos del eclipse, por suerte, eso no paso. Y bueno, luego de un rato empezó a verse una sombra en la luna, poco a poco se fue cubriendo, pero cada toma se me hacia mas difícil, cada vez la luna parecía mas un bombillo en mis dos celulares, use la opción PRO, utilice ajustes manuales, etc pero nada logro hacer que se viese mejor la luna.

I was pretty worried about the clouds since there were a lot of them last night, and the weather in my country has been really crazy lately—it could start raining out of nowhere and we’d miss the eclipse. Luckily, that didn’t happen. Anyway, after a while, a shadow started to appear on the moon. Little by little, it became covered, but each shot got harder to take—the moon looked more and more like a light bulb on both of my cell phones. I used the PRO mode, manual settings, and everything else, but nothing made the moon look any better.

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Intercalando entre ambos celulares intentando tomar una foto decente, pero lo máximo que logre fue esto, en persona se veía increíble, la luna a pesar de estar lejos se podía ver rojiza, hasta ahora me duele mucho el cuello porque la luna para mas colmo estaba poniéndose casi encima de mi edificio asi que era muy difícil verla sin tener que torcer demasiado el cuello.

I kept switching between my two phones, trying to take a decent photo, but the best I could manage was this. In person, it looked incredible—even though the moon was far away, it had a reddish hue. My neck still really hurts because, to make matters worse, the moon was setting almost directly above my building, so it was very hard to see it without having to crane my neck too much.

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Esta es la ultima foto que le tome, en ese punto ya estaba casi completamente roja, aunque era un eclipse parcial asi que no se pondría completamente roja nunca, me tuve que ir a dormir porque tenia demasiado sueño pero ver todo el proceso fue maravilloso, algo que jamás me cansare de experimentar y odio no tener un telescopio para poder ver estas maravillas en una mejor calidad, me encanta demasiado todos estos eventos astronomicos.

This is the last photo I took of it; at that point, it was already almost completely red, although it was a partial eclipse, so it would never turn completely red. I had to go to sleep because I was so tired, but watching the whole process was wonderful—something I’ll never get tired of experiencing. I hate not having a telescope so I can see these wonders in better detail; I absolutely love all these astronomical events.

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Comments · 3

  • @davedickeyyall(79)· 17h

    Those are pretty good pics for a shitty cell phone. I have a expensive gold digger cell phone and my pictures weren't that good.. hell, mine weren't even worth saving..

    !LADY

  • @vladimirmf(69)· 1d

    !BBH

  • @mhe(67)· 1d

    Haha, that must have been a challenge! 😂📱🌑 Even with a low-quality phone, capturing an eclipse is still worth trying. At least you get a memorable photo and a fun story! 😄✨