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#1 2010-12-20 12:42:36
- WolfMontana
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Solstice Lunar Eclipse! :)
This is pretty cool, and apologies if it's already been posted:
Tonight (or rather, early Tuesday morning) for U.S. folks at 1:33am eastern standard time, a rather special lunar eclipse will occur - the first one to coincide with the winter solstice since 1638, 372 years ago! 
Here's a cool website with an awesome animation and cool star maps: http://shadowandsubstance.com/
Anyone else going to brave sleepiness and winter chills to see it? 
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#2 2010-12-20 13:19:56
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Re: Solstice Lunar Eclipse! :)
Yep, I'll be outside with my camera for sure. Hopefully, it won't get cloudy in this area.
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#3 2010-12-20 18:00:36
- WolfMontana
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Re: Solstice Lunar Eclipse! :)
You can always check here, just pick a place on the right under the map thing, then look at the squares for cloud cover, darker means less clouds. This is a really good site for star watching
http://cleardarksky.com/csk/
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"He did so much, without kicking a single butt!"
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#4 2010-12-20 19:38:08
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Re: Solstice Lunar Eclipse! :)
Very cool. Thanks for the tip!
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#5 2010-12-21 04:36:54
- SouthPaw
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Re: Solstice Lunar Eclipse! :)
I caught a glimpse of it outside of my apt, but then I made the mistake of trying to drive to a better location to see it more clearly. Cloud coverage rolled in and squashed that plan. It was very neat for the 5 minutes I saw it though lol.
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#6 2010-12-21 07:48:14
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Re: Solstice Lunar Eclipse! :)
I saw most of it. It was neat. Guy I was watching it with goes, "I guess this kind of thing really confuses you werewolves. It's supposed to be a full moon, and then suddenly it's gone." I facepalmed, literally.
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#7 2010-12-21 13:30:24
- Viergacht
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Re: Solstice Lunar Eclipse! :)
I missed the first part because of clouds, but then it cleared up and I got the see the last half hour in perfect clarity. The way the snow turned pink in the red moon glow was epically surreal.
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#8 2010-12-21 22:49:44
- WolfMontana
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Re: Solstice Lunar Eclipse! :)
Wow. I wish we'd had snow here, that would have been something The brown/orange smudge of the moon was surreal indeed.
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~ Dean Winchester, Supernatural
"He did so much, without kicking a single butt!"
~ Tommy Dawkins, describing Ghandi, Big Wolf On Campus
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