Lunar Eclipse
Clouds rolled in to our area about 5:00 this evening and we thought we wouldn't have a chance of seeing the eclipse. We kept looking though - about 6:30 and the sky was full of clouds; 7:00, no moon; 7:15, not a chance, I thought. But just a short time later - completely clear skies, stars galore... and there it was, at its peak.
I haven't seen a lunar eclipse in years. Clouds always happen. Trees are in the way. I forget to look at the right time. (I'm embracing my pessimism here...)
But tonight I was lucky. The tree that would have been in the way doesn't have leaves on it yet so only a few branches crossed over the face of the moon in my picture.
We should have more moons. And bigger ones too.
posted by Cathy @ 8:43 PM
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5 Comments:
Cool, you got a great picture! Would you believe we had clouds and couldn't see a thing! Janet
That is a great picture. We too were very lucky this time and viewed most of the phases. My pictures did not come out nearly as well as yours. I also had to "shoot" through branches.
Judy
I missed it too. It was clear and sunny all day--right until the eclipse. =(
Great picture! Yeah, I forgot to even go outside and look. But, I guess I would've just been dissapointed if there was too much cloud cover like Janet said. Oh well.
Go figure, on the night of the lunar eclipse it was cloudy in Arizona and New Mexico, and clear in Seattle... What are the chances?
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