TOTAL ECLIPSE TONIGHT

[NorthernWinos]

Total eclipse of the moon tonight across the nation...Check it out.

 

[PeterZ]

I'd like to, but the forecast is for clouds and rain. Possibility of sleet and freezing rain overnight. Snow Day!!!!

 

[masta]

Forecast for us is cloudy conditions but clearing overnight...there is a chance!


http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html

 

[jobe05]

Forecast at my place:


Drunken with blurred vision........ in the hot tub..........


So we may get to see both of them.......

 

[grapeman]

NW are you going to lay out under the stars tonight to watch the eclipse in it's entirety? It will only last a few hours from start to finish. What, -30F is too cold to lay out under the stars?

 

[NorthernWinos]

NW are you going to lay out under the stars tonight to watch the eclipse in it's entirety? It will only last a few hours from start to finish. What, -30F is too cold to lay out under the stars?

I might run out and catch glimpses of it...or...watching through a window sounds the best option....I like Jobe's approach best...

My new camera is in transit to a Connecticut camera repair shop....

....But I have found my best moon photos to have come out of the Bino-Cam [Binocular/Camera] but with that one you best not be shivering.


Low for tonight...a balmy -17*F...

 

[PolishWineP]

I'm hoping to get some shots with my ancient Kodak DX3900. I may need to put on some warmer clothing than a skirt and sweater. It was good at work but I don't think it will do out there tonight!

 

[farmer]

Clear skies and -8 *Fhere that's nice enough to watch the eclipse and make snow angels .

 

[NorthernWinos]

A beautiful winter sunset...a nice night for the eclipse of the moon...

-19.8*F now...Luckily I was able to viewthe total eclipsefrom inside the sun porch, warm and cozy, with a glass [or two] of Merry Berry - Summer Blend 2005....
Now, nearing the end, the moon is hidden by a tree...I went outside for the last 2 shots....Burrr!!!!! So these will be all the photos I am going to take...

And...so it goes.Edited by: Northern Winos

 

[Dean]

Fantastic shots! I really like the contrast in them. Whenever we experience a lunar eclipse here, the moon does go a little dark, but mostly, it turns red. You've captured the true essence of the eclipse!

 

[NorthernWinos]

The moon was brown to the eye, but the Binocular Camera didn't get that color, just black and white.
I had one brown colored shot with my old camera...but it wasn't very good.

 

[NorthernWinos]

I't over for another three or so years....

Jobe...you can get out of the hot tub now.

 

[grapeman]

The skies were absolutely crystal clear here last evening. The moon shined a reddish orange color here. The fuller it got it turned from yellowish to the final reddish orange color. I wish I had a decent camera but didn't even try with mine.

 

[hannabarn]

It was beautiful and clear here in N. Wisconsin also but it was higher above the horizon than NW's pic shows. I tried to take a photo but it just wouldn't show. Of course I tried to take it from inside the house where we had a beautiful view thru the front windows!

 

[Tomy]

I took the dog out at 21:30 and it was a dark red color. At 42 degrees lattitude the moon was higher above the horizon than in Northern Minnesota. Tomy

 

[Joanie]

I got to watch 4 inches of lake effect snow falling! It's the prettiest white you ever did see! Blinding in fact!

 

[moose]

We sat a watched the eclipse last nite also. Crystal clear. Nice pictures.