Eclipsed Moon and UFO's?

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Not!
Just a fine example of lens flare produced by the two bright lights
in the center of the picture.

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I took these images at the University at Albany (NY) on 11-08-03 while I was video taping the lunar eclipse using a surveillance camera attached to a small refractor, and projecting the image into a nearby lecture hall with a wireless transmitter.
This setup, shown below, worked quite well.

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That's me, wearing a full-length down coat because it was COLD
(29º F is more than a poor southwesterner can take...)
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Holding our public observing event by the fountain made for a scenic view.

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I took the above image with my Sony DSC-F707 digital camera
a few minutes before totality.

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Above image also taken with my Sony, about an hour and a quarter after totality.

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In the image above, taken after the eclipse, I attached my digital camera to a 25mm eyepiece on my Meade ETX-AT70.

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I took this series of images of the partial lunar eclipse in July of 1999 while working at the Mount Wilson Observatory

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