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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on December 21, 2010, 02:13:54 AM
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Right now on the east coast. Sorry ...I forgot to post it earlier.
It is almost totally amber colored in the southern zone. Won't happen on the winter solstice again for another 84 years.
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/lunar_eclipse.html
"Early in the morning on Dec. 21, a total lunar eclipse will be visible to sky watchers around the world. The eclipse is visible across all of North America -- for viewers in western states, the eclipse actually begins late in the evening of Dec. 20.
(http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/462832main1_nasa_lunar1_226.jpg)
http://www.history.com/topics/historic-eclipses
This week, as the world watches a true astronomical rarity--the first full lunar eclipse to coincide with a winter solstice since 1554...
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Dang....missed it...
will have to catch the next one. (marking calendar)
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I always enjoy such things, but last night was overcast.
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Dang....missed it...
will have to catch the next one. (marking calendar)
;D
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Dense cloud cover out here in Kalifornistan prevented us seeing anything. It's been raining so hard we couldn't keep the bonfire lit. Had to dance around nekkid in the garage while howling at a heat lamp. Shortage of virgins has eliminated that part of the celebration. Prob'ly a good thing we won't get to a celebrate solstice/eclipse for another 500 years or so since maybe the neighbors will have forgot by then. Sheesh!
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Dense cloud cover out here in Kalifornistan prevented us seeing anything. It's been raining so hard we couldn't keep the bonfire lit. Had to dance around nekkid in the garage while howling at a heat lamp. Shortage of virgins has eliminated that part of the celebration. Prob'ly a good thing we won't get to a celebrate solstice/eclipse for another 500 years or so since maybe the neighbors will have forgot by then. Sheesh!
CR, that just totally wiped out the "visions of sugarplums dancing in my head".......gee, thanks...... :-X
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All we had was an orange glow in the sky, too overcast to see anything else.
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Hazy overcast in NH as well :(
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Guess I got lucky.
Went to wally world about 1:00 or so (best time to go to avoid crowds) and when we got back at 3:15 it was clear with no clouds.
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I missed the eclipse but noticed the moon looked very large.
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Woke up, caught the "show", clear night, oooohhhheeedddd and awwwwwweeeedddd for 5 minutes,...went back to bed..
Pretty cool.