anyone else watching the eclipse tonight?

it's been clear all day here. hopefully it'll stay clear tonight too.

 

i was just going to post about this

ya im gonna watch around 10:30ish, when its suppose to be at its best.

 

yeah! at 6:14pm pacific time here....

 

ET is at 9:15

 

yeah it should be pretty nice.

 

I may watch it if I can get a good view... Been a bit cloudy here today.

 

yea in the t.o. area its suppsoed to start around 9:30 and be fully eclipsed by 11

 

I am going to suggest it to my husband. He would want to watch it. We've been sorta on edge lately so this will be good for me to try and connect with him out there.

Thank you for making this thread.

 

one of the first times i hung out with my husband, we were trying to watch an eclipse. it was cloudy, so we ended up making out. might be a good idea for us to make a connection during tonight's eclipse too.

 

First time we hung out watching a Meteor shower we made love in his parents back yard. We were high and fell asleep. Woke up at 5:30 with the sun rising and the morning dew.

I know that won't happen tonight but the thought is now there.

 

well, there's always your own backyard!

 

Yes there is however it's now almost November. My blood is not as thick as it used to be Plus I am not high.

That night we had together was in August. It was a gorgeous warm night.

I just asked him if he'd like to go out with me in a lil' bit and he looked kinda surprised. Right now he's running on the treadmil and I am sitting with my Golden Retriever. He's a lil' ansy. The dog has a lick, then a nibble, now he's knawing on his leg.

I hope you have fun out there too tonight.

 

That was really sweet

 

everyone say it with me:

1....2....3....

AAAAAWWWWWWWWW! So sweet!

Holly

 

LOL!!!

It really was an awesome night and there really was an explosion in the sky. The night was August 11th. I'll never forget it.

 

I will watch it. I'll go outside, like for a minute or two, and maybe take a few pictures, then come back inside. It's too cold out. I am not going to gawk at it for an hour.

Fortunately, it's not too cloudy here. Just a few high-altitude cirrus clouds and that's about it. The full moon is really making it rather light outside tonight. A harvest moon.

 

not a cloud in the sky here in edmonton, should be good

 

was looking up some info on the eclipse and came across this article i found interesting....i esp like the part about all the sunrises and sunsets at once

Total Lunar Eclipse

On Wednesday night, Oct. 27th, North Americans can see a total eclipse of the moon.



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October 13, 2004: According to folklore, October's full moon is called the "Hunter's Moon" or sometimes the "Blood Moon." It gets its name from hunters who tracked and killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the winter ahead. You can picture them: silent figures padding through the forest, the moon overhead, pale as a corpse, its cold light betraying the creatures of the wood.

The Blood Moon rises this year on Wednesday, Oct. 27th. At first it will seem pale and cold, as usual. And then ... blood red.

It's a lunar eclipse. Beginning at 9:14 p.m. EDT (6:14 p.m. PDT), the moon will glide through Earth's shadow for more than three hours. Observers on every continent (map) except Australia can see the event: The pale-white moon will turn pumpkin orange as it plunges into shadow, becoming eerie red during totality.

Right: A lunar eclipse on May 15, 2003, photographed by Loyd Overcash of Houston, Texas. [More]

What makes the eclipsed moon turn red? The answer lies inside Earth's shadow:



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Our planet casts a long shadow. It starts on the ground--Step outside at night. You're in Earth's shadow. Think about it!--and it stretches almost a million miles into space, far enough to reach the moon.

Suppose you had a personal spaceship. Here's your mission: Tonight, at midnight, blast off and fly down the middle of Earth's shadow. Keep going until you're about 200,000 miles above Earth, almost to the moon. Now turn around and look down. The view from your cockpit window is Earth's nightside, the dark half of our planet opposite the sun. But it's not completely dark! All around Earth's limb, the atmosphere glows red.

What you're seeing is every sunrise and sunset on Earth--all at once. This ring of light shines into Earth's shadow, breaking the utter darkness you might expect to find there. Turn off the cockpit lights. There's a lovely red glow.

Lunar Eclipse Schedule
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Moon enters
Earth's shadow
totality
begins
totality
ends
Moon exits
Earth's shadow
Universal Time
01:14 (Oct 28)
02:23 (Oct 28)
03:45 (Oct 28) 04:54 (Oct 28)
Eastern Time 9:14 p.m.
10:23 p.m.
11:45 p.m.
00:54 a.m. (Oct. 28)

Central Time 8:14 p.m.

9:23 p.m.
10:45 p.m.
11:54 p.m.
Mountain Time
7:14 p.m.
8:23 p.m.
9:45 p.m.
10:54 p.m.
Pacific Time
6:14 p.m.
7:23 p.m.
8:45 p.m.
9:54 p.m.
Alaska Time
5:14 p.m.
6:23 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
8:54 p.m.
Hawaii Time
3:14 p.m.
4:23 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
6:54 p.m.



Notes: Unless otherwise marked, all times refer to Wednesday evening, Oct. 27th. Times printed in light gray denote events that happen before local moonrise.

That same red light plays across the moon when it's inside Earth's shadow. The exact color depends on what's floating around in Earth's atmosphere. Following a volcanic eruption, for instance, dust and ash can turn global sunsets vivid red. The moon would glow vivid red, too. Lots of clouds, on the other hand, extinguish sunsets, leading to darker, dimmer eclipses.

How will the moon look on Oct 27th? Corpse white. Pumpkin orange. Blood red. Maybe all three. Step outside and see for yourself.

Warning: While you're staring at the sky, you might hear footsteps among the trees, the twang of a bow, a desperate scurry to shelter. That's just your imagination.

 

damn the clouds!!!

 

i can see it now... its just starting to cover it... thanks for the interesting read marie