Look at the moon

[bobeh]

Full eclipse underway...not sure what the best viewing areas are...but in central Ontario it's gone from full to almost black...awesome

[HelenM]

Oh, I know - we're all watching it - it's awesome!!! I'm glad it's a clear night and that the moon is in a position where it's not obscured by trees.

It's mostly in shadow here now, too.

Helen

[Ymir's blood]

No moon here tonight. The rain is pouring down. :rainy:

[livius drusus]

Very clear and lovely here.

[Ymir's blood]

Of course there is... :bed:

[beyelzu]

you know, I have to say

the moon is really cool looking right now, and it makes me understand how ealier generations viewed it with superstition, lovely fucking moon.

[bobeh]

you know, I have to say

the moon is really cool looking right now, and it makes me understand how ealier generations viewed it with superstition, lovely fucking moon.

I can just imagine the ancient mayan priests about now...they would have been pitching this for a few weeks now...and this would be payoff time. They predicted a blood red moon...here it is...bring on the virgins.

Sigh. I can't even wangle a threesome out of it.

[Lauri D]

Crystal clear skies tonight and it's absolutely amazing here, too! Been watching it for 'bout the last hour. :)

[livius drusus]

I can just imagine the ancient mayan priests about now...they would have been pitching this for a few weeks now...and this would be payoff time. They predicted a blood red moon...here it is...bring on the virgins.

Sigh. I can't even wangle a threesome out of it.

Right place, right time, right ladies of contextually-aware virtue and you'll be the envy of sylvan Pan himself.

[Nil Desperandum]

I suck at editing. It was so beautiful. :(

http://www.freethought-forum.com/images/Nil/glory.jpg

[livius drusus]

It's like the richest, most textured, most magical money shot of all time.

[HelenM]

Wow...it really does turn red...this is rather fuzzy due to no tripod...

http://www.geocities.com/mildenhall@sbcglobal.net/imagemsc/moon2049.jpg

[HelenM]

A little inversion of a negative, and voila:
Our beautiful moon dancing through the sky.
(Yes, I took this.)
http://users.adelphia.net/~atheistphoenix/glory.jpg

Oh, yeah, my first few attempts looked like that too! :giggle:

[bobeh]

Rev 6:12 NIV ...."the whole moon turned blood red"..
There... a fulfilled prophecy....finally. :eek:

[seebs]

Bleh. I *have* a tripod and my pics are all blurry because the moon's so dark, the camera has to expose for long enough for it to move.

[Godless Wonder]

Here's my attempt. 400mm lens on Canon Digital Rebel (1.6x so... 640mm equivalent, exposed for 1/4th sec, I think, on a tripod, of course.)

I just cropped it, didn't do any other editing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v256/cmscdj/art/lunar_eclipse2_10_27_2004_cropped.jpg

[LadyShea]

It's goddamn raining and cloudy here :( I always miss cool shit like this.

[livius drusus]

Holy shit, GW! :bow:

[Godless Wonder]

Holy shit, GW! :bow: Heh. Yeah, those were my exact words when I pulled it up on the computer and saw how huge it was.

One more detail about how I took it that I forgot to mention. I used the timer function, to minimize vibration.

[Nil Desperandum]

I won't complain, so:

GW, beautiful. Bravo. :clap:

[freemonkey]

Very cool eclipse, its not usually clear enough to catch it, but it was beautiful this evening!

I don't think it was quite this red, but close.

http://home.comcast.net/~freemonkey/eclipse_2.jpg


I swear I did not do this on purpose, it has not been Photoshopped, and I have no idea how it happened.

http://home.comcast.net/~freemonkey/2_moons.jpg

And finally, I did do this one on purpose, but it still didn't come out like I hope it would:

http://home.comcast.net/~freemonkey/moving_moon.jpg

[Nil Desperandum]

Looks like we both managed the Sexually-Excited Moon-Shot®.

[livius drusus]

The twin moons one is my favorite. Man, the mistakes y'all make just blow me away. :appl:

[Corona688]

Blah. I knew there was an eclipse tonight, but the place's covered with a blanket of impenetrable fog.

[Cool Hand]

We Like Tha Moon (http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/)

Cool Hand

[livius drusus]

Oh my god, wildy and eldar (when he gets back) are going to flip. I, unfortunately, am going to have to shake my fist at you. :shakefist:

[Socratoad]

It's goddamn raining and cloudy here :( I always miss cool shit like this.

No need to lie Shea, if your too drunk to go out and watch it just say so.

Hell everybody knows it never rains in Vegas :D

[Godless Dave]

Singing rooty-toot-toot for the moon
It's the biggest star I've ever seen
It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese
And it's burning just like kerosene
-Greg Brown


nothing to see here. It's been overcast for over a week.

[JoeP]

Missed this one (as totality was something like 4am), but we saw the one in May.

Discovered an unexpected kind of eclipse photograph (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040926.html) earlier today: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0409/eclipse99_mir.jpg
(1999 solar eclipse)

[Cool Hand]

Wow, JoeP, awesome pic.

Cool Hand

[JoeP]

Yeah, it's like something out of a Hollywood disaster movie. (Only real and better.)