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pameladeanThis is only the third lunar eclipse that I've paid close attention to. (I credit Eric with focusing my attention.) The thing that always strikes me most, but that I always forget, is that at totality, the moon stops looking like a flat disk painted on the sky and becomes three-dimensional. It seems much closer then, like a hot-air balloon or a strange spaceship.
It's mostly clear here, and bitterly cold. Raphael and I have been looking at the moon from the second-story windows, but it's now too high for that. The glass in the back door gives a magnificent view, however. The moon is not a very deep red, but rather a pleasant dark orange. I have seen scarier eclipses. This moon rose a mellower orange and then went pale yellow before the shadow touched it.
If we ever replace the back door, we must get another with a glass panel in it. I've done a great deal of stargazing through that glass when the weather was inhospitable.
P.
It's mostly clear here, and bitterly cold. Raphael and I have been looking at the moon from the second-story windows, but it's now too high for that. The glass in the back door gives a magnificent view, however. The moon is not a very deep red, but rather a pleasant dark orange. I have seen scarier eclipses. This moon rose a mellower orange and then went pale yellow before the shadow touched it.
If we ever replace the back door, we must get another with a glass panel in it. I've done a great deal of stargazing through that glass when the weather was inhospitable.
P.
