lunar eclipse

[Lnut]

So it's supposed to be something really worth while to catch. I didn't really understand why my 2 local parks had over 40+ people camped out in the chilly weather. Saw it and said Meh, the broncos game is on....head home. Maybe it takes a person of a certain age to appreciate it? Maybe in 30some odd years later for me.


Did anyone else see it tonight?

 

[meaghanmcleodDELETED]

Well, it's kinda like someone put a curtain over the big spotlight in the sky, and its a red curtain. So, I'm thinking the song - Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light? It is actually amazing, as it rarely happens. I'm still looking for the blue moon.....

 

[Caramel]

I love these kinds of celestial events, but honestly I'm too lazy to go outside to see...its really cold i've seen the moon looking big and orange before...hmm, i can always see it easily from surrey up on the hill maybe ill go check my window !

edit, so i found the moon from my bathroom window (that was easy ) BUT it looks exactly normal like every other full moon, did I miss it ? damn

 

[meaghanmcleodDELETED]

Its now back to white - the curtain appears to be gone. While it lasted it was spectacular. Time to harvest our crops.

 

[Caramel]

I am so sad that I missed it

 

[Caramel]

So it's supposed to be something really worth while to catch. I didn't really understand why my 2 local parks had over 40+ people camped out in the chilly weather. Saw it and said Meh, the broncos game is on....head home. Maybe it takes a person of a certain age to appreciate it? Maybe in 30some odd years later for me.


Did anyone else see it tonight?

it takes people with a certain appreciation for nature and the grandeur of the universe doesn't matter what age I was obsessed with this stuff starting in my early 20s!

 

[HunkyBill]

I saw it as it was rising. It was almost completely black with a tinge of red. I seen a lunar eclipse before. It's not a big deal. I prefer the larger orange harvest moon myself.

 

[clu]

I'm still looking for the blue moon.....

Hard to tell if that was serious or not, but for anyone who is interested and doesn't already know: a "blue" moon is just a second full moon to appear in the same month. The "blue" isn't about its colour. It's a corruption of the word "belewe" which means "betrayer".

 

[meaghanmcleodDELETED]

Hard to tell if that was serious or not, but for anyone who is interested and doesn't already know: a "blue" moon is just a second full moon to appear in the same month. The "blue" isn't about its colour. It's a corruption of the word "belewe" which means "betrayer".

Thank you. I've always said when the moon turns blue.....I've never realized it was an actual reality. When I told someone, "when the moon turns blue", I thought it didn't actually happen and was a way to put them off. Like green eggs and ham.

 

[Real Sonny Burnett]

 

[sybian]

Dude..^...Why did you post a very disturbing photocopy of an ass.....And how many guys did it take ,to hoist the lifeless corpse on top of the photocopy machine?

 

[Larry Storch]

From what I understand us westerners got the short end of the stick. It was more visible back east and in the mid west. I saw it, took a few minutes to find it as it was a dark red. Watched it as it gradually got brighter. Most of the 'buzz' is because the moon is at it's closest right now, a "super moon", so I imagine a lot of people had some pretty high expectations.

btw why are some of you saying it's cold out?

I'm still walking around in a t-shirt.

We're supposed to be Canadians, dammit!

 

[Caramel]

From what I understand us westerners got the short end of the stick. It was more visible back east and in the mid west. I saw it, took a few minutes to find it as it was a dark red. Watched it as it gradually got brighter. Most of the 'buzz' is because the moon is at it's closest right now, a "super moon", so I imagine a lot of people had some pretty high expectations.

btw why are some of you saying it's cold out?

I'm still walking around in a t-shirt.

We're supposed to be Canadians, dammit!

I just threw my winter blanket in the washer to get it ready!

 

[Ms Erica Phoenix]

Dude..^...Why did you post a very disturbing photocopy of an ass.....And how many guys did it take ,to hoist the lifeless corpse on top of the photocopy machine?

Is that the scan you sent to Riza, sy???

 

[sybian]

Ha!!....Yah, thats my Halloween Zombie ass..Two weeks of living dead is pretty tough on a guys backside.
Please note that the cheeks are perfectly even...So I must have had a nice one when I was alive.

 

[meaghanmcleodDELETED]

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This is an amazing time lapse of the moon last night from Texas.

 

[manni]

Preparation H ought to cure that.

 

[vancity_cowboy]

yeeehawwww... ride 'em cowboy!!!

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on a more serious note, i watched it with an old pair of ww2 vintage marine binoculars with VERY good optics - nothing short of spectacular!

and when the little white sliver started reappearing right on schedule, that was the icing on the cake. a couple of dudes had some small refracting telescopes set up on tripods, they must have seen quite the show