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What the Super Blood Moon looked around the World (Original Post) turbinetree Jan 2019 OP
It is really cool that people all over the globe were looking at the same thing, together. Equinox Moon Jan 2019 #1
I got an eclipse miracle! 2naSalit Jan 2019 #2
My son sent me this: Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #3
Bwa-ha-haa! That's hilarious! klook Jan 2019 #4
It was cold here, as well. I checked on it a few times, but it got late and I went to bed. Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #5
My favorite part of this is the misspelling of bologna. kag Jan 2019 #7
It was below zero here. murielm99 Jan 2019 #6
It was beautiful here in south Louisiana. High in the sky...partially red.. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #8

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
1. It is really cool that people all over the globe were looking at the same thing, together.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:15 PM
Jan 2019

We were watching here too.

2naSalit

(86,056 posts)
2. I got an eclipse miracle!
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:24 PM
Jan 2019

After I was done here I went to the other room to check for a hopeful sign of a space between clouds or just thinning clouds, I was thrilled to see that the clouds were indeed thinning and breaking up!

Instead of just getting a view to a bright, huge moon blaring in the star spangled sky, I was treated to interesting beams emanating from the clouds like searchlights seeking some object in the sky between the moon and earth. The they thinned out so it was just a veil of haze so that the moon was very clearly visible. As the eclipse really became visible, the sky cleared completely!

I got to watch until about midnight MST and then I went to bed wondering if I'd have interesting dreams.

When I awoke after daylight, there was a fresh 6" of snow on the ground, totally overcast and still snowing!

I got that perfect window through the clouds, just like I had hoped for. That was pretty cool, especially since I could watch it from the bedroom window!

klook

(12,134 posts)
4. Bwa-ha-haa! That's hilarious!
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:59 PM
Jan 2019

I sent that to a few folks -- thanks!

Pretty good view for us here in Georgia, but it was cold as all get-out, so we checked it out every 20 minutes or so for a few minutes at a time. Amazing sight, especially through binoculars! I loved getting a sense of the three-dimensional shape as it progressed through the umbra, instead of the usual flat white disc.

I couldn't believe we didn't see any neighbors out! Hopefully they were just doing what we were doing and we popped out at different times. Beautiful sight!

kag

(4,076 posts)
7. My favorite part of this is the misspelling of bologna.
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 06:18 PM
Jan 2019

BeLONGa. I think I'll start pronouncing it that way.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
8. It was beautiful here in south Louisiana. High in the sky...partially red..
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 07:28 PM
Jan 2019

when I saw it. Gorgeous! Before then, it was lower and bright bright bright white!

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