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Beautiful lunar eclipse — at least that's what I hear. Unfortunately for me, it was rainy and overcast in my northern California vantage point. But I did not go without! Here's a montage of photographs I took from my deck six months ago during the last lunar eclipse in August 2007.
By the way, Tuesday was Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus' 535th birthday. As you know, Copernicus invented the solar system, and without him the sun would still be circling the earth. Happy birthday, Nicolaus!
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I hear the radio coverage was very good.
Posted by: Mark McGuinness | 20 February 2008 at 11:56 PM
Mark: Indeed so! I listened to the graphic coverage: "the earth's dark curve moved across the moon's unsuspecting silvery face and gobbled up the whole thing — only to give it back moments later."
Posted by: Roger von Oech | 21 February 2008 at 07:39 AM
We saw a hazy but still spectacular show down here in the 831 part of Norcal -- I was driving home from San Jose and had a Hwy 1 south-bound view of the moon for 30 minutes from 25% to 75% coverage. Then later, we got the big cannon out (a 6" Dobsonian from Orion) and got a (still hazy but still) great view at 48x magnification through the redwoods. No pictures, unfortunately.
We'll plan on being in the desert in '10 when it all happens again!
Posted by: Stephen Denny | 21 February 2008 at 10:37 AM
Stephen: you had better luck than I. What will your vantage point be in 2010?
Posted by: Roger von Oech | 21 February 2008 at 12:47 PM
Hopefully in the pool at the Princess in Scottsdale.
Posted by: Stephen Denny | 21 February 2008 at 07:47 PM
"Copernicus invented the solar system"?
Thought it was Al Gore!
Actually God disagrees with both viewpoints!
Posted by: Randy | 22 February 2008 at 07:06 AM
Well i wanted to share one thing with you guys...that i have been growing up with this FACT that when there is a solar or lunar eclipse we should not hang out of homes or look up into the sky during that exact time because we might get blind or have some skin color deficiency. Any comments!
Posted by: MK | 23 February 2008 at 03:05 AM