1 posted on
12/20/2010 9:34:45 PM PST by
decimon
To: decimon; neverdem
2 posted on
12/20/2010 9:35:50 PM PST by
decimon
To: decimon
East coast, south of your location. Bright, clear, and beautiful. Longer days ahead.
3 posted on
12/20/2010 9:36:26 PM PST by
allmost
To: decimon
Trying to stay awake until 1:32am when it starts. Don’t think I’ll make until 3am to see the full eclipse.
4 posted on
12/20/2010 9:38:56 PM PST by
SMCC1
To: decimon
Beautiful, clear moonrise here (northwestern North Carolina) but patchy clouds now. Pretty thin, so it’ll still be visible. Might even give a reddish glow to them, which would be cool looking, if slightly eerie.
To: decimon
San Jose CA. After days of rain, fog and clouds it’s a clear, crisp night with wispy clouds. Hoping to stay up for the beginning at least.
6 posted on
12/20/2010 9:51:18 PM PST by
Bhoy
To: decimon
It was like that here too, a ring around the moon--my 10 y/o called it a werewolf moon, LOL. I remember an old Dan Fogelberg song (one of my favorites) called
"In the Passage" when I see this kind of moon:
IN THE PASSAGE
There's a ring around the moon tonight and a chill in the air
And a fire in the stars that hang so near, so near
There's a sound in the wind that blows through the wild mountain holds
Like the sighs of a thousand crying souls, crying souls
There's a time when the traveler is fated to find
That insight has turned his gaze behind, behind
And the steps taken yesterday will beckon again
And lead to his weary journey's end, his journey's end
[Chorus:]
And in the passage from the cradle to the grave
we are born, madly dancing
Rushing headlong through the crashing of the days
We run on and on without a backwards glance
We run on and on without a backwards glance
I cast my fate with the wife of Lot I turned my gaze around
Knowing neither what I sought nor what was to be found
Heeding weakness, feeding strength, oh life at length is frail
I seek again the river's source through time's dark shadowed veil,
time's dark shadowed veil
In the fast fading century, as we spin through the years
I pray that our failing vision clears, our vision clears
[Chorus:]
And in the passage from the cradle to the grave
we are born, madly dancing
Rushing headlong through the crashing of the days
We run on and on without a backwards glance
We run on and on without a backwards glance
The places dash and the faces dart like fishes in a dream
Hiding 'neath the murky banks of long forgotten streams
The lines of life are never long when seen from end to end
The future's never coming, and the past has never been
There's a ring around the moon tonight, and a chill in the air
And a fire in the stars that hang so near, so near
8 posted on
12/20/2010 9:57:52 PM PST by
pillut48
(Israel doesn't have a friend in President Obama...and neither does the USA! (h/t pgkdan))
To: decimon
Here in the southwest it is hazy but bright, I could go hiking without a flashlight but I don’t see any real change yet.
9 posted on
12/20/2010 9:58:00 PM PST by
tiki
To: decimon
Not a cloud in sight in south central Louisiana. Supposed to start about 12:15 am CST.
10 posted on
12/20/2010 10:01:47 PM PST by
cajuncow
To: decimon; mylife
I saw the huge halo around the moon last night. (It's morning in my part of the world now.)
Because it's daytime, we don't get to see the eclipse. We looked up the viewing areas yesterday and saw that we were completely out of it.
I hope y'all get to see it. I wonder if it will be a "blood moon?"
13 posted on
12/20/2010 10:11:42 PM PST by
Allegra
(I painted fuchsia stripes on my elbows.)
To: decimon
Was wondering if anyone would comment. Just went outside and the moon is at 12 o’clock and kicka$$ bright tonight, must be really good atmospherics here.
To: decimon
Cloudy here in NC, can’t see it.
To: decimon
31 posted on
12/20/2010 10:43:34 PM PST by
hope
To: decimon
Mountains above Bakersfield have zero visibility tonight, you can’t even tell where the moon would be. All I can see is the distant light pollution of town reflecting in the rain and off the clouds.
Shame, the kids had hoped to see something.
32 posted on
12/20/2010 10:45:05 PM PST by
ResearchMonkey
(Holding Conservative Country in California.)
To: decimon
Moon is starting to darken on one “corner” now.
34 posted on
12/20/2010 10:47:41 PM PST by
cajuncow
To: decimon
And the clouds are now rolling in.
36 posted on
12/20/2010 10:49:47 PM PST by
cajuncow
To: decimon
Half eclipsed. Bright clear skies.
49 posted on
12/20/2010 11:21:51 PM PST by
allmost
To: decimon; The Cajun
Halfway now. Can view only through breaks in clouds.
50 posted on
12/20/2010 11:28:31 PM PST by
cajuncow
Can’t view the eclipse anymore, but I should have no trouble “viewing” the menu at the 24-hr. McDonald’s down the road.
53 posted on
12/20/2010 11:31:07 PM PST by
cajuncow
To: decimon
Got a break in the clouds here, just as the eclipse went full. Beautiful.
Through binoculars, a reddish glow covered the surface. Reminded me of the distant wildfires I could see in the Santa Catalina Mtns years ago.
Added to my list of things I'll never see again, next to Hale Bopp.
76 posted on
12/21/2010 12:32:43 AM PST by
FlyVet
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