Il l'explique lui même:
"I composed, focused, and started capturing images of the full moon about an hour before the eclipse was due to start. Claudia and I set up camp chairs, and took turns tripping the shutter every ten minutes. In between exposures for the moon, Claudia opened the shutter for some additional frames as I light-painted the foreground towers. When the moon became fully eclipsed I made several additional exposures for the sky, with bright stars on the suddenly moonless night, and some thin clouds lit by the orange glow of distant lights (Mojave? Los Angeles?)"


Il a shooté la lune x fois toutes les 10 minutes, il a pris quelques poses longues en éclairant les rochers, quelques autres des étoiles et des nuages distants pendant que la lune était éclipsé. Le tout superposé et écrasé comme il faut ensuite et voilà.