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Lunar Eclipse

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  1. Shawn Curry

    Shawn Curry

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    I'm not sure where it can be seen from, but there's a lunar eclipse happening here, right now. Unfortunately it just got a little cloudy here and now we can't see it.

    I tried to get pics with my phone but they turned out terrible. My girlfriend got some better ones so ill try to upload them in a bit.

    Can you see it? :binoculars:
     
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    Yup.
     
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    Cloudy here. Once in a while you can just catch a glimpse of it.

    Gary
     
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    It is in full eclipse here now. I sat out and watched it. It is indeed a red look now that the bright white is gone. Pics are useless without the right camera. All you get is a white dot. Next one is 18 years from now.
    4 shooting stars seen. sky is crystal clear
     
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    Watching it here as well. Skies cleared just in time. Now the scattered cloud slides by but still an awesome sight
     
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    Best I could do with shody equipment.
    image.jpeg
     
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    Cloudy here. :confused:
     
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    I'm impressed. looks good, better than I could see with my eyes.
     
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    Way better than my attempts
     
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    Too cloudy here.
     
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    I can see it. Pretty cool.

    IMG_20150927_210752_918~01.jpg

    The best my phone could do.
     
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    We went down to the breakwater and just caught a glimpse of it before the cloud cover took over. The sky was still quite light so the moon was quite faint copper colour. Doesn't help that we were looking over the lights of town to see it.
     
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    Same here, we missed it.

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    The lunar eclipse is are fun, ok?they're cool and all.... but all this talk about red blood moons and stuff has got me ready to go hide under the bed. :confused:o_O:bug::jaw::startled::loco: :crazy:
     
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    I tend to compare it to the Y2K hype.
     
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    I saw the start of it the first quarter, but then it was bed time. I had to get my beauty sleep. :confused: ... Nice pictures guys!... Thanks..
     
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  17. Grizzly Adam

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    From what I saw it never quite reached totality. The last one didn't either.
     
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    Was cloudy most of the day then they broke up as the eclipse started...

    About 15minutes into the Earth's shadow. The difference between the light side and the part in the shadows is so radical that the camera could not pick up the red in the shadows...

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    Half way there...
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    Almost full...
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    The moon stayed near the bottom edge of the Earth's shadow so this is as dark as it got. The Earth's atmosphere bent some light that made the moon red and the edge nearest the end of the shadow a little lighter than the rest...
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    KaptJaq
     
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    Neat! Wish we could have seen it but too many clouds. Later at night though the moon was super bright.
     
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    Here's something about all that, that I think everyone should read:

    The Four Blood Moon Speculation
     
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