Lunar Eclipse
Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 08:47amAs you know, last night we had a lunar eclipse. The geekboy went outside and took a couple photos, just for fun.
And then, while he was looking for a setting on the camera, he accidentally took a photo and ended up with this, which I love.
Did anyone else go out and watch last night?





Bluebunny on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 9:02 am
We did!! We actually didn’t know that we were supposed to have one. Brian went out to get the mail and told me to come out to see it. It was very cool.
sandra on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 9:46 am
Yes, I watched it via 20 to 30-min intervals, though froze my ass off doing so. I took some photos as well, but my camera is super crappy even in the best conditions and didn’t do well. Each one was blurry, though not as cool and space-worm-like as GB’s!
Sandyjoys on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 10:18 am
I could see the moon out my window, so I was nice and warm!
GeekBoy on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 10:41 am
We actually had the same good luck — the sky was perfectly clear, and the moon was right there in our guest bedroom/office window. But I still ended up going outside to take pictures, because the double-pane glass was messing things up.
El Gato on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 11:42 am
I saw the beginning part of it around 9:00. Pretty cool.
Lunar eclipses are actually much rarer than solar ones, but when they happen they can be seen by an entire hemisphere. Solars happen almost every year, but often in pretty obscure places.
eileen on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I saw it up in Boston. And I sang Total Eclipse of the Heart at karaoke, in tribute.
ivon on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 2:49 pm
All we would have seen was big clouds, so I didn’t even try. I’m told big clouds do not look like lunar eclipses.
GeekBoy on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Here are some nicer photos than mine …
http://blog.wired.com/wiredsci.....f-las.html
Melonie on Friday, February 22, 2008 at 2:32 am
My daughter and I went out for a peek. Here in Calif. we were due rain (got the rain today) but it was still clear for us to see (except for the stupid street light ).
Creepy space worm!
Next lunar eclipse is 2010.