Wild camping, blood super moon eclipse weekend, Co. Donegal, Ireland
The night of 27-28 September 2015 was a total eclipse of the moon. This was a particularly special eclipse as not only was it the closest super moon of 2015, it was also a harvest moon, or full moon nearest the September equinox, known as a blood moon because it presents the fourth and final eclipse of a lunar tetrad: four straight total eclipses of the moon, spaced at six lunar months (full moons) apart.
We threw caution to the wind and decided to travel from Wicklow across the country to Donegal where the night skies are relatively free from light pollution to spend three days trekking and two nights wild camping in the remote and beautiful Derryveagh Mountains. We had a mixed bag of autumnal weather but were very fortune that the sky cleared around midnight, enabling us to fully experience, and get some time lapse of, the super blood moon eclipse from the summit of Slieve Snaght (678m). This remarkable celestial event will not occur again until 2033.
As always, we stayed at the excellent Errigal Youth Hostel (Dunlewy) before and after our trek. Thanks to Anne and team for the usual magnificent hospitality.
Music tracks featured in this video are:
Living in the Unknown: Jon Swift
Just Like the Moon: Brett Dennan
Blue Mind: Alexi Murdoch