Total Lunar Eclipse This Weekend 133
SeaDour writes "This Saturday night, March 3rd, a total lunar eclipse will be visible from nearly all inhabited parts of the world. A great shadow will stretch across the surface of the moon, eventually casting it in an eerie red glow as sunlight filters through our atmosphere onto the lunar surface. Viewers in Europe and Africa will have the best vantage point, able to watch the entire eclipse in action, while observers in most of the western hemisphere can see it eclipsed as it rises just after sunset."
Imagine the advertising revenue! (Score:2, Interesting)
Panic?! (Score:2, Interesting)
Moon in front of the Sun from earlier this week (Score:3, Interesting)
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day [nasa.gov] has the moon passing in front of the sun, as seen by STEREO.
A total lunar eclipse can be a beautiful thing (Score:4, Interesting)
And I looked up... it was very beautiful. With clear country air, no light pollution and no moonlight my eyes was able to see the stars in the Milkyway and around that you never see otherwise... the sky was really full of them and gave me a whole other sense of scale about our place in the galaxy. That might be the closest thing to go to space one can experience while still staying earthbound. I can imagine standing on the back of the moon watching out would create the same sensation.
So if the weather is clear... don't stay in or near a city if you can get away. It will be worth the trip.
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