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[erikruud]

They are showing it live on YouTube for those of us in the wrong hemisphere!

www.youtube.com/google

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

It's probably upside down.

I will get confused...and think it the end times.

*The damned thing says it's full.

[erikruud]

Technology does have it's limits I guess.

It looks very cool, the moon is totally red now.

[erikruud]

Here is a screen grab of it.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

That is a nice one.

Thanks!

I remember the winter eclipse I worked at the Adler for 6, count 'em...six hours. In the bitter cold.

It was brutal.

But this one in 2007 was a sweet one....

astronomer.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=evening&action=display&thread=1529

[erikruud]

You can try eclipse.slooh.com/ as well to see it.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Oooh...

This is indeed a very deep lunar eclipse...

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Very cool...and it's thundering as I watch this.

End times.

[Paulie pchris00]

I have never properly seen an eclipse, having been thwarted by snow for the last two total eclipses here. I saw part of the 2007 eclipse, but we were having my ex-girlfriend's birthday party that night, and I hadn't fully caught the astronomy bug yet. During Game 4 of the 2004 World Series, I went out a few times to catch the lunar eclipse between innings, but was more concerned about the Red Sox winning the game than astronomy.

Slooh had better coverage yesterday than for the eclipse last December.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

I did enjoy the running commentary from the editor of Sky & Telescope and his guests at SLOOH during the eclipse.

Among other things....I found it interesting that our Sun is not, a yellow star, as is taught.

Astronauts describe the sun a brilliant white is space and to best view the light of the sun, is simply to see it's light reflected off snow or something white.

No yellow.

It's the atmosphere of the Earth that alters the color, scattering the blue, biasing others and tinting it sorta yellow.

Very interesting.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

APOD

Planet of the Goats Lunar Eclipse

Explanation: Thunderstorms almost spoiled this view of the spectacular June 15 total lunar eclipse. Instead, storm clouds parted for 10 minutes during the total eclipse phase and lightning bolts contributed to the dramatic sky. Captured with a 30 second exposure the scene also inspired what, in the 16 year history of Astronomy Picture of the Day, the editor considers may be the best title yet for a picture (title credit to Chris K.). Of course, the lightning reference clearly makes sense, and the shadow play of the dark lunar eclipse was widely viewed across planet Earth in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The picture itself, however, was shot from the Greek Ikaria island at Pezi. That area is known as "the planet of the goats" because of the rough terrain and strange looking rocks.

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One of the coolest eclipse shots I have ever seen... ;D