Awesome eclipse coming - Page 8

Ghoulish Delight · 08-28-2007, 08:19 AM

Morning all! We went to bed around midnight, and crawled back out at 2:45. We watched the last moments as the shadow overtook the surface. The way it crept along, right on the edge of being fast enough to be perceptible. And without it's bright white glow, the moon seemed to shrink to half its size one fully immersed in its dull red glow (red, by the way, because once fully in the shadow, the only light that reaches it is the long wave-length red light that gets bent around Earth's atmosphere).

The second I can afford commercial space travel, I'm on a rocket to the moon.

Snowflake · 08-28-2007, 08:29 AM

too foggy in my part of town, could not see a damn thing

Capt Jack · 08-28-2007, 08:35 AM

why it didnt dawn on to post during this thing I have no idea.

that was neat

BarTopDancer · 08-28-2007, 09:02 AM

That was freeking awesome.

Though I was 45 minutes late to work. And I am beyond exhausted.

Didn't try to sleep and wake up. Just stayed up with a friend.

katiesue · 08-28-2007, 09:14 AM

I got up a few times and checked on the progress. I even dragged her crab assiness out at about 3ish to take look.

Very cool.

Kevy Baby · 08-28-2007, 09:32 AM

Ghoulish Delight · 08-28-2007, 09:34 AM

Wonder where those were taken from. It's rotated about 90 degrees or more counter clockwise from the direction we saw the shadow traveling.

DreadPirateRoberts · 08-28-2007, 09:47 AM

Yes, it seems like the bottom of the moon was the last to eclipse.

innerSpaceman · 08-28-2007, 09:50 AM

There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact, it's all dark.

RStar · 08-28-2007, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Wonder where those were taken from. It's rotated about 90 degrees or more counter clockwise from the direction we saw the shadow traveling.

Maybe the camera or photos are rotated 90°............

08-28-2007, 08:19 AM	#71
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Morning all! We went to bed around midnight, and crawled back out at 2:45. We watched the last moments as the shadow overtook the surface. The way it crept along, right on the edge of being fast enough to be perceptible. And without it's bright white glow, the moon seemed to shrink to half its size one fully immersed in its dull red glow (red, by the way, because once fully in the shadow, the only light that reaches it is the long wave-length red light that gets bent around Earth's atmosphere). The second I can afford commercial space travel, I'm on a rocket to the moon. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-28-2007, 08:29 AM	#72
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	too foggy in my part of town, could not see a damn thing __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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08-28-2007, 08:35 AM	#73
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08-28-2007, 09:02 AM	#74
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	That was freeking awesome. Though I was 45 minutes late to work. And I am beyond exhausted. Didn't try to sleep and wake up. Just stayed up with a friend. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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08-28-2007, 09:14 AM	#75
katiesue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 4,678	I got up a few times and checked on the progress. I even dragged her crab assiness out at about 3ish to take look. Very cool. __________________ My life is so exciting I can hardly stand it.
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08-28-2007, 09:32 AM	#76
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08-28-2007, 09:34 AM	#77
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Wonder where those were taken from. It's rotated about 90 degrees or more counter clockwise from the direction we saw the shadow traveling. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-28-2007, 09:47 AM	#78
DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	Yes, it seems like the bottom of the moon was the last to eclipse.
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08-28-2007, 09:50 AM	#79
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact, it's all dark.
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