On Aug 27, 2007, at 8:36 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ronn! Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:47 PM > Subject: Lunar Eclipse Tuesday Morning > >> Best view in the U.S. the further west you are. Details here: >> >> <http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/9282371.html> > > This morning on the way to work the Moon was low in the sky and sorta > burnt orange. > I was driving down the freeway straight toward it and at first the > moon was large. So large you could clearly see it was a sphere. But as > it was setting you could watch it's disk get smaller and flatter. > It was quite striking!
This is one of the best reasons to get up at 3:30 AM to look at the moon during a total eclipse: it makes it so clear that is is a sphere and not a disc. I plan to wake up my 10-year-old tonight and drag him outside to see this. I'm sure he'll groggily appreciate it. And may even remember having done so in the morning. Dave Lunatic Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
