IcePrincessKRS Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I am thinking of waking my kids at 3:15 to see it... http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/17dec_solsticeeclipse/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catholictothecore Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I plan on watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 unfortunately I live in Michigan. Between late September and April we have virtually total cloud cover all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Normile Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 IcePrincess, Remember to tell your kids to stare right at the eclipse with BOTH eyes wide open! That way they will be blind in both eyes, easier to get full disability that way., Seriously though, a lunar eclipse is not supposed to blind you as you are staring at the moon going to shadow from the earth, so let the little rug-rats enjoy the show !!! ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I just went out to see it before the "great eclipse." It looks so neat! The predictions were right--it does look unusually orangeish-red. I plan to go back outside at 3:17am to see the full show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Saw it in Australia 7.30pm Tuesday great, came out of the clouds 3/4 covered now full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I went back outside at 3:08am to watch the full eclipse happen and it was incredible! The moon appeared like I've never seen it before. It looked like a hazy orange or red color and was almost full obscured by the shadow passing in front of it. It is amazing how the sun, earth, and moon can be in perfect alignment to create such an extraordinary sight! Another total lunar eclipse like this won't occur again until 2097, so, for me, this is once in a lifetime (unless I live to be 114 years old, LOL!). I got the binoculars to look at it, but I wish I had a high resolution telescopic camera to take a picture of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 it's covered with clouds right now. The news says that the Philippines will be seeing the "final" phase of the eclipse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='MaterMisericordiae' timestamp='1292926694' post='2193765'] I went back outside at 3:08am to watch the full eclipse happen and it was incredible! The moon appeared like I've never seen it before. It looked like a hazy orange or red color and was almost full obscured by the shadow passing in front of it. It is amazing how the sun, earth, and moon can be in perfect alignment to create such an extraordinary sight! Another total lunar eclipse like this won't occur again until 2097, so, for me, this is once in a lifetime (unless I live to be 114 years old, LOL!). I got the binoculars to look at it, but I wish I had a high resolution telescopic camera to take a picture of it. [/quote] There will be other eclipses before then. The next time the lunar eclipse falls on the winter solstice (which happened last night) won't be until 2094. This is only the second time that has happened in the last 2000 years. That's why the 2094 one will be a big deal. I slept through it. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkwright Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 When I set my alarm, my wife was like yeah! I want to see it too! But when it went off she was liek.... ehh tell me if its cool. I went outside around 2:10 CST, it looked like a orange/red rock in the sky. It was interesting because without the sun shinning directly on it, the moon had a much more flat vs glossy appearance. It really looked like a dull rock. I walked back in shortly after that. Not sure where my head was, I didn't even think to watch the eclipse as it happened - I just wanted to see the red moon. Of course it was 2 in the am..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 There may not be another on the winter Solstice, BUT there will be another eclipse in 2014. The clouds were wayyy too thick to see it here. Plus I'm not totally awed by lunar eclipses. My buddy is an astro-head, and he was pretty psyched. I'm like mehhh, it's a shadow... on the moon... it goes away... tadaa. Solar eclipses are mucho cooler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I saw it the first time I went out, but by the second time I tried to before going to bed it was gone behind the clouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='Micah' timestamp='1292948587' post='2193797'] There may not be another on the winter Solstice, BUT there will be another eclipse in 2014. The clouds were wayyy too thick to see it here. Plus I'm not totally awed by lunar eclipses. My buddy is an astro-head, and he was pretty psyched. I'm like mehhh, it's a shadow... on the moon... it goes away... tadaa. Solar eclipses are mucho cooler [/quote] Yup. I really just wanted to show it to my kids, but realistically it was way too late for all of us. It actually made me wish we were on the west coast, I'd have let my kids stay up late to see it. lol Anything that can be educational for them, even if I've seen it several times over, is exciting because I get to share it with them. It makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='IcePrincessKRS' timestamp='1292955910' post='2193816'] Yup. I really just wanted to show it to my kids, but realistically it was way too late for all of us. It actually made me wish we were on the west coast, I'd have let my kids stay up late to see it. lol Anything that can be educational for them, even if I've seen it several times over, is exciting because I get to share it with them. It makes a difference. [/quote] You sound like an A+ mom. But watch out, you might end up with a family of space nerds [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/nerd.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 thanks. my kids might end up nerds anyway, but as long as they aren't morons it's ok. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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