Total Lunar Eclipse

[KevinG]

A total lunar eclipse will happen tonight - it'll be 3 years before it will happen again. Might want to step outside for a few to check it out.

[smoker pete]

Hope to be able to see it here in California but with the rain and clouds we've had for day and days to come might prevent that  :'(

The Moon has not been blotted out by the shadow of the earth for 372 years.  The last time this happened was in 1638 !!!!!!

Here's a link that explains it a little better  http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/20/total-lunar-eclipse-monday-night/

If you can't watch it due to the weather I believe that http://www.nasa.gov will be broadcasting it live.

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Won't be seeing it here -- the official NWS  wx fcst for tonight ...

"Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy,"

[Caribou]

Thanks Kevin :)
Chance of snow here tonight but I'm hoping for a window in the clouds so I can get a peek.
Carolyn

[TestRocket]

Rare indeed! But I'll be in bed. This link says it been 456 years:
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Solstice+eclipse+first+years/3983582/story.html

[ronbeaux]

The forcast here says "Heavy snoring with a chance of rem sleep." I'll be checking out the EXCELLANT pictures other night owls will be posting in the next few days!

True story

When my boys were 13 they had a leonid meteor shower that was supposed to be jam up, unbelievably cool. So I told my boys I would wake them up at the right time, around 0200, and we would all go out by the pool and check it out. The Ex wife even got up and made hot chocolat for us(I spiked mine.)

Well we all got us a pillow and a blanket and layed on the pool deck and settled in for the show. After about 30 meteorites the boys got bored and one of them 'passed gas.' Rather loudly I might add. It was ON! They won.

[beefmann]

would love to see the lunar eclipse though it has been raining here since Friday and no let up till Wednesday, and im in calif    where it never rains

[classicrockgriller]

Thanks Kevin.

Gonna try a catch a peek.

But it may be thru one eye.

[TestRocket]

After about 30 meteorites the boys got bored and one of them 'passed gas.' Rather loudly I might add. It was ON! They won.

Sounds like a true memory the boys will always have! And funny too!  ;D

[SnellySmokesEm]

Got my alarm set.

[NePaSmoKer]

I be snoring at that time  :D

[classicrockgriller]

I hope to catch it this time.

I missed it in 1638.

[GusRobin]

I hope to catch it this time.

I missed it in 1638.

Me too, I had to work that night.

[Tiny Tim]

I saw it that time, was a beautiful sight.  Me and the Mrs. were relaxing in the afterglow in the back of my chariot.  Horses were bedded down, not a creature stirring.

[hal4uk]

I missed it in 1638.

Mis-spent youth?