Moon Setting into Fog Bank over Cape Cod Bay, Morning of the Total Lunar Eclipse

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Moon Setting into Fog Bank over Cape Cod Bay, Morning of the Total Lunar Eclipse

2007, printed 2023

Barbara Bosworth

(American, b. 1953)

Culture

America

Medium

Inkjet print

Measurements

Sheet: 142.2 x 177.8 cm (56 x 70 in.); Frame: 145.4 x 181.9 x 5.2 cm (57 1/4 x 71 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2024.76

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

This photographic exposure lasted around 90 minutes and required careful timing.

Description

Barbara Bosworth focused on the moon as it was setting and moving through the shadow phases of a total lunar eclipse. The shadow of the eclipse started at 4:50 a.m.; total eclipse began at 5:52 a.m.; and sunrise occurred at 6:05 a.m. Bosworth had to close the camera’s shutter before the sun’s brightness washed out the image.