Posted on 08/26/2007 1:04:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Oh yes!
I just checked again and the moon is now completely blocked and rose-colored. It was worth staying up to see.
That's because the atmosphere on Earth has little dust in it right now, and as a result the light refraction through the Earth's atmosphere is quite strong. (If I hear this is a result of global warming I'm going to virtually bop the person who says it.)
Glad you’re seeing it way up there also. My first peek was about 2:15, when the Weather Channel (I know...I’m boring) gave us a heads-up; there was just a sliver of bright then, and now it looks pretty total.
make that first glimpse at 2:45....need more coffee.
Yes-It's usually overcast at this time of the early morning, but, there's not a cloud in the sky right now. Perfect viewing.
Thanks again for taking these. They’re just awesome!
Good night.
Ahhhhh. Interesting.
Seems to be approaching or right at maximum here in NW New Mexico when I just peeked out.
Bump... Beautiful sight this morning driving in to work.
Your photos are wonderful. Better than my binoculars. LOL.
Thanks.
BTTT
When was the last time this happened like this, if you know? Thanks in advance.
It is still dark orange here in Southern Oregon... where are you?
Being a natural insomniac, I don't have to make any special effort.
I dug out the Celestron and Mead telescopes, but the Carl Wetzler marine binoculars work just as well... the moon isn't that far away really.
All of the neighbors are blissfully dozing... they know I am a pretty sleepless person. It gives them piece of mind I am out there watching the neigborhood...
I’m here in San Diego. The night is so clear and still and not a cloud in the sky, so I can see the moon perfectly!
I just wandered out onto the dock and saw it across the lake. Really beautiful.
Signs in the heavens, the moon turned to blood...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57338
San Diego... That’s a good day’s drive away...
It is clear here too...
I liked the ‘mars’ effect of the southern ‘ice cap’ after #31. I felt like I was on Deimos? We need to get Sheila Jackson Lee’s comment!
Awfully busy this morning. Venus rising through the clouds. Eclipse setting. Meteors. Coffee. Roosters. CHAOS!
I watched the whole thing from my back porch this morning while I enjoyed some Columbian. (Coffee, not weed.) Life’s to the point now that I can enjoy some of the things I used to be too busy to worry about.
Saw the partial phase (prior to totality) on the way in to work.
i am in ur outer space eating ur moon.
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