Total lunar eclipse, Sunday night Jan. 20

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will be visible throughout the USA except Hawaii, given minimal cloud cover and adequate visibility

from start to finish, the eclipse will last about 3 hours

in the Eastern time zone, the eclipse begins about 10:30 pm and ends near 1:30 am; in the Pacific time zone, 7:30 - 10:30 pm

it's being called a "Super Wolf Blood Moon"

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a23745748/next-lunar-ec...

Dead center....

Hoping for no clouds. Unlikely.

From NBC News/Mach:

 

Lunar and solar eclipses occur in cycles, and each eclipse differs subtly in the way Earth, the sun and the moon are aligned. This means each eclipse is essentially identical to others that have occurred previously.

 

Huh?

 

SUPER WOLF BLOOD MOON!

 

I like to imagine it being said by that MONSTER-TRUCK-RALLY!!! guy.

Clear skies in New Paltz. 

 

Every time she goes in the yard tonight the dog howls. Part of the full moon clause in her doggie contract?

raining and overcast right now here in coastal Humboldt County, in northwestern California... poor viewing conditions for the eclipse

so, I'm tracking the eclipse on the SF Exploratorium website

https://www.facebook.com/exploratorium/videos/255088435410983/

the SF Exploratorium is apparently using the video feed from Los Angeles Griffith Observatory... the video images are really clear

Got a brief glimpse before rain showers conquered the view

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I can't quite figure out why we're all so into this type of deal.

I get that those thousands of years ago thought the world was coming to an end or whatever, but now we know that it's just shadows & light.

But whatever, enjoy your shadow, if you can see it.

ancient mysteries of shadow and light can unlock the primal doors of perception. My dog is howling for a reason....

sometimes it seems you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right

Clear here. Very deep red.

just a couple minutes away from the beginning of totality

slight amount of light red color becoming apparent (from the online live feed linked above)

it will remain in totality for about an hour

red color really showing now

I've got the rain goggles on, anythings possible!   

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well, the sun went down in honey, and the moon came up in wine...

wonder what moon-related songs DeadCo played in Mexico tonite

Total is 11:12 in my location.

Some fine star gazing right about now

Clear and cold, off the front porch.

Thanks for the push Lance.

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Thanks for the link, GFish. GFish and jazfish ~ 2 fishes! Nice.

It's wet and cloudy and I have no idea where that moon is.

 

Got a glimpse of totality a short while ago through a window in the clouds. Too foggy for a pic - we tried - but pretty cool anyway. Moon all dim and copper-colored.

Happy eclipse everybody!

We aresmack center of the path. The moon is straight over head.

Total  cool

Back inside, cold here.

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Yup, Jaz

We can discover the wonders of nature

Yeah

moon is leaving totality now... still a lot of red, but white (the sun's reflection) is beginning to wash over the moon's surface

all of my observations have been online, from the Observatory link... too cloudy and rainy here in Humboldt to see any detail

no more red visible :-(

DNB

Wrong about Hawaii. I’m in Kauai and we had the best view of anywhere. Clear as could be from start to finish. Without a doubt one of the coolest viewing experiences I’ve had the pleasure of seeing. 

clouds here

The eclipse was great from Mexico.......complete with a killer DeadCo show!