Super Blue Blood Moon--But Just a Short Glimpse

Weather forecasts were sketchy for clear viewing skies in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the Wednesday morning viewing of the rare "Super Blue Blood Moon" on January 31, 2018. I was pleasantly surprised that when rose for work at 5:00 am, seeing a crystal clear full moon out my window. Alas, Mother Nature changes her mind very quickly in Iowa, and by the time I was driving to work a little past 6:00 am, the now-partially eclipsed moon shown fuzzy behind a veil of cirrus clouds. Once there, I set up my camera to what I assumed would be continued reasonably favorable viewing conditions. I soon watched with growing dismay at a very large wall of clouds quickly approaching the moon's disk. There was no time to calmly adjust camera settings. The top image was shot at 1/160 second at f/5.6, 1600 ISO and 78mm focal length at 6:22 am, while the second image just was captured with the same settings one minute later. A portion of the AirFX building in Hiawatha, Iowa can be seen at lower right. About two minutes later the clouds arrived and covered the moon until after it set. A disappointing encounter! Air temperature was a rather mild 36 degrees F. The eclipse began at 5:48 am, reached totality at 6:51 am and set at 7:22 am. The last time a total lunar eclipse occurred during a Blue Moon was in 1866! Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.