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Re: Winter solstice lunar eclipse

dummy@example.com (Mr. John) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 22:17:58 +0000

That's wicked awesome!

Re: Winter solstice lunar eclipse

dummy@example.com (riverhippo) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:23:28 +0000

Latias fan wrote:

Clock-la wrote:
NU that was the devil prepering to rise on 2012!!!!
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Is that supposed to be Captain Jean-Luc Picard or something?

Re: Winter solstice lunar eclipse

dummy@example.com (Spyro22) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:15:26 +0000

I stayed up til 1:10 am to watch it, but I was very sleppy and it was cloudy. There would be a front moving in while we're having an eclipse.

Re: Winter solstice lunar eclipse

dummy@example.com (bmah) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:36:25 +0000

riverhippo wrote:

Neato!!!
It was cloudy in Dallas

Strange, since Texas was one of the few clear spots in the states yesterday night, according to some of the cloud distribution maps I've seen.

Re: Winter solstice lunar eclipse

dummy@example.com (Latias fan) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:35:53 +0000

Clock-la wrote:

NU that was the devil prepering to rise on 2012!!!!

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Re: Winter solstice lunar eclipse

dummy@example.com (Clock-la) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:29:14 +0000

NU that was the devil prepering to rise on 2012!!!!

Re: Winter solstice lunar eclipse

dummy@example.com (riverhippo) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:30:21 +0000

Neato!!!

It was cloudy in Dallas

Winter solstice lunar eclipse

dummy@example.com (bmah) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:31:24 +0000

Tonight is the winter solstice lunar eclipse - probably past now for most of you reading this. This lunar eclipse is visible all over the Northern Hemisphere. Did anyone else see the eclipse?

My location just happened to have clear skies, so I was lucky to take some shots of this. The last time a lunar eclipse occurred on the winter solstice (dec 21) was back in 1638. In other words, this is rare. Here are some of the pics I've took during this period.

All times are GMT (mountain time or -7:00).

moon shines brightly at 5:46pm; night lens enhances the shot

moon halo at 11:28pm; night lens enhances the shot

eclipse beginning to show its effect at 12:04am

eclipse well underway at 12:45am; moon turns rusty orange-red; night lens enhances the shot; slight blurriness though

eclipse at its maxima at 1:27am; moon is a darker red color; night lens enhances the shot