Yeah!
Nice redish orange hue to the light and almost uniform.
Hmm . . . might have to put together some moon punch in celebration.
That is what the ancients would have done, right?
Who Saw the Eclipse?
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Yeah!
Nice redish orange hue to the light and almost uniform.
Hmm . . . might have to put together some moon punch in celebration.
That is what the ancients would have done, right?
Well . . . this old guy needs to hang it up for the evening, if I expect to be cheerful at our early morning rifle shooting tomorrow. Er, uhm make that "this morning" and "later today". 
I still remember my father telling me, "Eventually, you will want to go to bed without anyone insisting."
At age eight, I didn't completely believe him. He was right. As usual.
I still remember my father telling me, "Eventually, you will want to go to bed without anyone insisting."
At age eight, I didn't completely believe him. He was right. As usual.
.455_Hunter
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Beautiful in Boulder! Awesome view!
I'm with you Caj on this one...Every once in a while it's worth having to get up in the middle of the night...
Well I did use the indoor facilities though.
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Hunter8282
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It was SNOWING here in MI, so NO I didn't go outside to look!
You have my sympathies, sir!
I spent my childhood in South Dakota and Iowa. My father often commented that we had two seasons, Winter and July.
As an adult, my homes were in "The Great Northeast", mostly Pennsylvania, Long Island, and southern Zoo Jersey. My favorite weather observation was that I would happily trade the month of February for a second July.
When we moved here to Tucson, I got my wish!
Cloudy here, so I didn't bother to go outside, although I was up on account of may bladder. The setting full moon was big and red, though, about half past six.
bshepherd
Member
Watched it, dark. I have seen a few and always enjoy it. Not cloudy at all in this Cowtown, clear and chilly, great watching conditions.
gdnagle
US Veteran
Watched it here but it was cloudy and raining. Nice and big I didn't see Mars though those guys on NASA TV need to get their stuff together.
Would have been nice to get the telescope out to see Mars if it wasn't raining.
Would have been nice to get the telescope out to see Mars if it wasn't raining.
Old TexMex
Member
Pinky, orange. Clear sky here.
Too cloudy to see in my neck of the woods. Heavy rain came at 8am and dropped one inch by 10am.
But the good news is that there will be three more "Blood Moons" in the next two years, one every six months.
But the good news is that there will be three more "Blood Moons" in the next two years, one every six months.
LouisianaJoe
Member
It was still raining here. I looked at it on the NASATV app on my iPad from the comfort of my bed.
Mickey D
Member
I saw it here in Northern California during different time phases. At 11:30 it was half covered, 12:05 almost fully covered, 12:45 was fully covered with the lower half reddish and the upper dark brown.
Overall, pretty cool sight.
Overall, pretty cool sight.
ACP230
Member
At 1 am here it was just a regular moon.
At 4 am it was looking purple with the bottom half starting to
go white again.
I slept through the rest of it.
At 4 am it was looking purple with the bottom half starting to
go white again.
I slept through the rest of it.
Harkrader
Member
Lunar Eclips from SE WI!
I SAW IT I SAW IT I SAW IT! The last TWO that were supposed to be visible here were totally obscured by clouds. Had the camera ready, put on the parka (-7C!), hand warmers in the pockets and cocoa on the stove.
BUT, both, count 'em BOTH camera batteries died before I could get the entire return.
Still, 41 pix isn't bad.
Nikon D7100, Nikkor 18-300 zoom, most at about 1/6 seconds at f5.6 to 1 second at f5.6, 300mm.
I SAW IT I SAW IT I SAW IT! The last TWO that were supposed to be visible here were totally obscured by clouds. Had the camera ready, put on the parka (-7C!), hand warmers in the pockets and cocoa on the stove.
BUT, both, count 'em BOTH camera batteries died before I could get the entire return.
Still, 41 pix isn't bad.
Nikon D7100, Nikkor 18-300 zoom, most at about 1/6 seconds at f5.6 to 1 second at f5.6, 300mm.
Exactly what I saw on the west coast. Grey, not red or orange. Pollution? Or possibly just because it was cloudy.
The color may be a function of your angle of view. From: 'Blood Moons' Explained: What Causes a Lunar Eclipse Tetrad? (Infographic) | Space.com
Four Blood Moons: A Tetrad Of Lunar Eclipses Explained | Video
A sequence of four total lunar eclipses including no partial eclipses is called a tetrad. In 2014-2015, four lunar eclipses will occur. This sequence features eclipses on April 15, 2014; Oct. 8, 2014; April 4, 2015 and Sept. 28, 2015.
Earth's shadow is red at the edges for the same reason a sunset is red: When sunlight is scattered by passing through Earth's atmosphere, the other colors of the spectrum are removed.
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