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Amazing Spectacle: Total Lunar Eclipse Monday Night

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SPACE.com -- Amazing Spectacle: Total Lunar Eclipse Monday Night

For a few hours on the night of Dec. 20 to Dec. 21, the attention of tens of millions of people will be drawn skyward, where the mottled, coppery globe of our moon will hang completely immersed in the long, tapering cone of shadow cast out into space by our Earth. If the weather is clear, favorably placed skywatchers will have a view of one of nature's most beautiful spectacles: a total eclipse of the moon.

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futurebeachbum avatar
futurebeachbumBeach Fanatic
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I wish I could be in Ireland for it. Magic in the air as solstice is marked by lunar eclipse

Star-gazers in Northern Ireland will be ideally placed to watch a heavenly phenomenon on Tuesday night. For the skies will play host to a total lunar eclipse - an event which is set to turn the sky a deep red.


seagrover avatar
seagroverBeach Fanatic
#3
Do we know what time?
gbdreamsBeach Comber
#4
Science Daily (Total lunar eclipse and winter solstice coincide on Dec. 21) says:

"From beginning to end, the eclipse will last about three hours and twenty-eight minutes. For observers on the east coast of the U.S. the eclipse lasts from 1:33am EST through 5:01 a.m. EST. [or 12:33 - 4:01 CST in SoWal]... Totality, the time when Earth's shadow completely covers the moon, will last a lengthy 72 minutes."
Franny avatar
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Science Daily (Total lunar eclipse and winter solstice coincide on Dec. 21) says:

"From beginning to end, the eclipse will last about three hours and twenty-eight minutes. For observers on the east coast of the U.S. the eclipse lasts from 1:33am EST through 5:01 a.m. EST. [or 12:33 - 4:01 CST in SoWal]... Totality, the time when Earth's shadow completely covers the moon, will last a lengthy 72 minutes."

Why do they always occur after my bedtime???:idontno:
DuneAHH avatar
DuneAHHBeach Fanatic
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Why do they always occur after my bedtime???:idontno:

:floor:
bogiemanBeach Lover
#7
Go outside and look up!
John R avatar
John Rneeds to get out more
#8
just short of total right now
Arkiehawg avatar
ArkiehawgBeach Fanatic
#11
Solstice Lunar Eclipse

Not super pictures, but what we got to see from BMB...
AnaEdwardsPhotography avatar
AnaEdwardsPhotographyBeach Comber
#12
Not super pictures, but what we got to see from BMB...

Great shots, actually! I just came in after getting a few myself. Without my tripod I had to turn the ISO and exposure way up, so mine are so grainy! I shot in raw, so I'm going to see how they look after working on them and I'll post tomorrow. I wish I could've got some shots from the beach...but I'm in Gainesville, Fl. tonight :(
GoodWitch58Beach Fanatic
#13
Not super pictures, but what we got to see from BMB...

I thought it was awesome--I felt very small thinking about the fact that the earth was moving through this vast universe.

It seemed to me that the stars dimmed somewhat after the moon turned orange...especially the Big Dipper...was it my imagination, or did that really happen?
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#14
Set the alarm,,,,,,,walked out on the deck at 1:35 am..........Total darkness & nothing but clouds.:(
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Sequence of Lunar Eclipse

Part One
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Sequence of Lunar Eclipse

Part Two
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Sequence of Lunar Eclipse

Part Four
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Sequence of Lunar Eclipse

Part Five
Gidget avatar
GidgetBeach Fanatic
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Spectacular shots Arkie!!! :clap::clap:Thanks for sharing!

Tell me what kind of camera did you use? You done good!!

We also stayed up and watched from Blue Mtn - we watched here first and then walked to the beach and from flat on our backs we gazed at fire balls and various constellations, and the Orion nebula - we were using astronomy binoculars and wow that was a trip! The moon was SO 3D in those binoculars. Weren't we so fortunate to have such clear skies!

It was a real event that I'm glad I didn't miss - I think last time I stayed up past 3am was in the early 80's! 😱

Thanks again for sharing your photos.

Gidget
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I thought it was awesome--I felt very small thinking about the fact that the earth was moving through this vast universe.
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We also stayed up and watched from Blue Mtn - we watched here first and then walked to the beach and from flat on our backs we gazed at fire balls and various constellations, and the Orion nebula - we were using astronomy binoculars and wow that was a trip! The moon was SO 3D in those binoculars. Weren't we so fortunate to have such clear skies!

It was a real event that I'm glad I didn't miss - I think last time I stayed up past 3am was in the early 80's! 😱

Like you, Gidget, I was flat on my back on my rear deck enjoying both the glorious moon spectacle amid those super-clear skies.

And like you, Glenda, I felt very small, yet an integral part of something enormously significant - both at the same time.

It was magical. And thanks for the beautiful photos, Arkie!

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