Two orange Moon pics, but only the one on the right was taken during totality.

A 'deep' total lunar eclipse occured on May 15, 2022, and New Mexico was well positioned. Totality lasted a whopping 85 minutes; it was the longest total lunar eclipse visible from the US in a couple of decades! White Sands National Park (red dot on map to right) decided to stay open late to allow visitors to watch the eclipse from the gypsum sand dunes. I brought out a 6" Dob to share views with the public, and a tripod-mounted DSLR w/ 300mm lens to take a few images.

The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire - the largest fire in New Mexico History - was ravaging Northern New Mexico (courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service). A large plume of smoke from that fire had blown south and covered the sky above White Sands NP. So as the Full Moon rose in the East, it took on an eerie orange-brown hue long before it entered the Earth's orange-red Umbra (upper left photo)

The Penumbral eclipse had begun a few minutes before Moonrise. U1 occured at 8:30 pm (MDT); the howling (i.e. totality) began at 9:29 pm, and continued thru 10:53 pm when the upper right image was taken. During totality, I felt the normal lunar eclipse colors were somewhat muted due to all of the smoke in the atmosphere. Still, it was a magical sight.

The field of view used to acquire the upper RH image is shown in the Imaging Details box in the inset to the right. The image at top is reduced in size (to roughly 15% scale). Clicking the image above will open up a larger, version.

Imaging Details
Imaging Dates	October 15, 2022 (MDT)
Imaging Location	White Sands N.P., NM (+32.8, -106.3)
Constellation	Libra
Imaging Optics	Canon 300mm f/4 lens
Imaging Camera	Modified Canon T2i (DSLR)
Imaging Filter(s)	n/a
Exposures	various
Guiding	n/a
Image Processing	Color and Contrast tweaked using Photoshop CS5. Noise reduction using Topaz Denoise AI.