This total lunar eclipse took place on 21st December 2010 and seen here above Glen Spean in Lochaber, Scotland. It was the first total lunar eclipse on a Northern Winter Solstice since 1683. Total eclipses occur when the sun, the earth and the moon are perfectly in alignment, when the moon traverses into the shadow of the earth.
Mark Hamblin has worked as a freelance nature photographer since 1995, creating images for international photographic agencies; providing specialist guiding services and working on multi-media conservation projects.
Mark has published and collaborated on several books including Wild Peak, Wild Land - Images of nature from the Cairngorms, Tooth & Claw and 2020VISION. He was also a contributing photographer for the Wild Wonders of Europe project working on stories in Lithuania and The Netherlands.
Mark is a director of the social enterprise company, Wild Media Foundation, who produce communications material for a range of clients as well as working on their own projects. Their current project, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture amplifies the case for a wilder Scotland, and Mark is part of a team of photographers and videographers currently gathering material for a range of media products.
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