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Blood Moon
In response to Michele’s comment from the previous post, I did do some nominal eyeballing of the lunar eclipse the other night, but nothing major given the uncooperative weather.
I caught a glimpse of the red moon peeking over a cloud mass as I got on the freeway coming home from work. It looked really cool, but it was behind me for the duration of the drive home so I didn’t get a chance to look at it. By the time I got home it was just a faint red glow behind the cloud cover.
Dr. M and I went out to dinner, and on our way back the red moon was clearly visible, though the clouds were returning by the time we got home. I lingered outside wondering if I should set up the telescope, and at the moment the thought occurred to me a cloudy mist started forming in front of the moon, as if to tell me to go back inside and play on the Internet instead. And so I did.
There are, of course, tons of cool pictures of the eclipse available online, including this one from APOD in which the moon is shown with two of its sky-friends.
Posted by matt at February 22, 2008 10:52 AM
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Have you ever used your telescope while simultaneously making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich??
Posted by: Mike? at February 25, 2008 06:51 AM