Lunar eclipse to occur Wednesday night - Last lunar eclipse in years (until 2010)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/20/08 | Alicia Chang - ap

[Ciexyz]

Overcast skies in western PA, unfortunately.

[PGalt]

Very good from my view right now in White Lake, Michigan

[eyedigress]

Barking Moonbats are quieted by the total eclipse right now.

LOL

[divine_moment_of_facts]

Looks great from NJ! My neck is killing me now!

[djf]

I love lunar eclipses, being a creature of the night.

Twice in my life I had an extreme privilege watching the moon rise in totally clear skies while it was fully eclipsed. Once in central CA, and once in Thousand Islands.

But one morning in Seattle 20 some odd years back, I lived on the third floor of an apartment complex that looked due east towards sunrise.

As the sun came up there was very nearly an annular eclipse of the moon, it must have been only half an hour or so after the “official” new moon. The moon was a ring in the sky! But the odd thing was it wasn’t a “true” eclipse, the moon was still a few degrees away from the sun.

[2111USMC]

As an added feature, viewers may get the opportunity to watch a U.S. interceptor missile sail through the sky and blast a spy satellite.

[Ciexyz]

Cool! The beauty of God's creation.

[Inyo-Mono]

I’m watching it right now!

[djf]

Did they launch? Any space junk yet? Local news here said we might see some stuff starting around 7:30 Pacific time.

[Ciexyz]

great photo!

[PGalt]

Thanks for the link. Yes, a great site.

[Abigail Adams]

Clear and cold skies in MN, beautiful sight!

[Calvin Locke]

Twice the size of mine, but it's on an eq mount.

I should have spent a tad more and got an 8" dob.

It's about 13 above, so I settled for my 63mm binocs.

And the hole in the clouds stayed open for the last 15 minutes before totality.

Saturn's all but washed out.

[djf]

Eastern/southeastern flanks are still a cream color, but the rest is getting pretty red as predicted!

[2111USMC]

Last I heard anything was about 15 minutes ago on FNC. They have someone standing by at the Pentagon to announce if they decide whether its a go or no-go.

[djf]

TV said some of the debris could orbit for days so there would be like a meteor “cloud” in orbit.

[Ignatz]

As an added feature, viewers may get the opportunity to watch a U.S. interceptor missile sail through the sky and blast a spy satellite.

Missile? Ha! I'm sure it's just a electrical malfunction in the center fuel tank...

[2111USMC]

Figures.

Instead of one big piece of space junk, we’ll end up with thousands of pieces of space junk.

Oh well. I’m hoping for a successful shoot-down. I’m sure it will get a lot of attention from our “friends” around the world.

:)

[Mad-Margaret]

Great view from Dearborn, MI. Beautiful clear winter skies.
Didn’t stay outside too long. Glad my house has an eastern exposure and a big bay window.

[2111USMC]

LOL at your tag line!