lunar eclipse from the big easy 3/3/26

got up at a a silly hour to catch the lunar eclipse while at a meeting in New Orleans.

final sliver of direct sunlight

the view to the eclipse was across town. so i went scouting the night before.  it looked like it might line up along the streets a la stonehenge, but my phone compass wasn't that accurate.  so i looked for height.  none of the tall hotels would let me in at that hour, but i found a relatively tall parking garage with a view to the west:

Lunar eclipse over WWII museum
New Orleans Louisiana
approximately 5 AM local

After all that i walked back to my hotel to find a perfect framing right out front

NOLA-henge lunar eclipse
3/3/23 5:30 AM local

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