A total lunar eclipse, photographed on Oct. 27, 2004, from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (Photo: Doug Murray/European Pressphoto Agency.)
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Posted on 03/03/2007 2:32:36 PM PST by neverdem
Ecliptophiles, get out your binoculars. The moon could be turning red again.
Or maybe orange. Or maybe a dull brown. The color is unpredictable because it depends on the amount of dust and clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere, which filters and refracts the indirect light from the sun that manages to reach the moon even during a total eclipse.
But whatever the color, this is a show worth watching when the moon rises Saturday evening in the eastern sky and is eclipsed by the Earth’s shadow. You just have to be in the right spot.
In America, that means being east of the Rockies, ideally in New England, where the sky will be darkest during the eclipse. The farther west you go, the more twilight there’ll be in the sky — but there could still be plenty to see if you start looking east after sunset. For details on how to watch, check out NASA’s guide and map. Sky and Telescope magazine offers another guide. At MrEclipse.com, you’ll find a primer on eclipses as well as photography tips.
I advise against trying the Columbus eclipse ploy, which he used in 1504 on a trip to Jamaica. Thanks to a handy almanac, he managed to extort food from the natives by threatening to make the moon disappear, and then agreeing to return it just before the eclipse ended. This tactic might frighten your children into better behavior — “See what you’ve made me do to Mr. Moon!” — but any short-term benefits would be outweighed by the shrink bills during adolescence.
I’ve been an ecliptophile since 1991, when I went to Mexico to report on a six-minute solar eclipse. Eclipse buffs from around the world gathered in Baja California for what they called the Big One, the longest solar eclipse until...
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He has links to NASA, etc. There's no printer friendly version that I can see.
I'm going to be looking for it here in Kentucky.
I hoped to be looking at it but the cloud cover won't allow.
Same here - total cloud cover. Shoot! It's cloudy here everytime we have an astronomical event.
Last night would have been perfect.
Looks like it started. Visible on the KS/MO border.
Frankly, I feel the moon is vastly overated...
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