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#61 Postby cycloneye » Thu May 15, 2003 11:00 pm

Here in Puerto Rico the very first signs of light is appearing to then begin the final phase to the end of the eclipse.
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#62 Postby breeze » Thu May 15, 2003 11:01 pm

LoL, coming out of it quite nicely, now! I see almost half the moon!
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#63 Postby weatherlover427 » Thu May 15, 2003 11:07 pm

Should I go snap a photo or two more?
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#64 Postby breeze » Thu May 15, 2003 11:10 pm

Photos are good! :D
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#65 Postby weatherlover427 » Thu May 15, 2003 11:18 pm

Apparently my digital camera stinks at night but here is one:

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#66 Postby isobar » Thu May 15, 2003 11:19 pm

Small sliver of light visible. I'm shocked that I'm the only one in the whole neighborhood outside watching this. What's wrong with people? How can they sleep at a time like this???
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#67 Postby gator » Thu May 15, 2003 11:30 pm

Same thing here... there were a few folks out watching it... but not nearly as many as I would have thought...

The weather wasn't all that shabby (45*F) and there wasn't a cloud in the sky... sure, it was a "school night", but this kind of thing doesn't happen everyday... and even though the apex didn't occur until 11:40pm EDT, that's really not any later that Leno's monologue...

Oh well... we had the good seats for the show... the others will just have to catch the traditaionally lame 30 second bit on tomorrows news...

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#68 Postby isobar » Thu May 15, 2003 11:40 pm

You got that right, gator. Watching it on the news the next day just cannot compare to the real thing!
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#69 Postby weatherlover427 » Thu May 15, 2003 11:44 pm

Image

My best pic yet. :D Third time IS the charm. ;)
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#70 Postby isobar » Thu May 15, 2003 11:50 pm

Cool Josh! 8-)
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#71 Postby weatherlover427 » Fri May 16, 2003 12:04 am

Almost over here now ... want one more pic?
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#72 Postby pojo » Fri May 16, 2003 12:15 am

I saw it!!! A full Lunar Eclipse in Green Bay! :D :D I was driving home at 10:30pm and happened to watch the ecplipse unfold right before my eyes. It was awesome!
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#73 Postby isobar » Fri May 16, 2003 12:58 am

SWEET! 8-)
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#74 Postby ColdFront77 » Fri May 16, 2003 2:22 am

Yes, last night (into this morning's) total lunar eclipse was a great sight. :) According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the minute the moon was "exactly full" was the 23rd hour of the 36th minutes Eastern Time; which of course if 11:36pm Eastern Time. The moon was (nearly) completely shadowed at 11:13pm ET or so and remained that way basically until around 11:45pm, at the earliest as far as I could tell.

Just came back a minute ago from viewing the moon, white full disk again. 8-) :D
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#75 Postby cycloneye » Fri May 16, 2003 6:00 am

Good pics Josh.
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#76 Postby Miss Mary » Fri May 16, 2003 6:48 am

We saw it or the beginning stages of it. The moon was 75% covered at 11 p.m. here on the east side of Cincinnati. Cloudy out so it wasn't a great view but we could see the red. Pretty cool.

First thing my daughter said (she was still up from a heavy homework load, ugh) was, hey that's how the moon looked on Survivor once......I'm not a fan of that show, but did it once? Guess so.

Our dog was fast asleep and the 11 p.m. news started, the newscasters were quick to say - look outside. So in one second flat the dog was up - like it was morning or something - and we were all outside on the deck. After a few minutes we went back inside. The dog took one look around (it was an eeary night out) and hightailed it back inside! We just all laughed. Cool pics BTW!
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#77 Postby streetsoldier » Fri May 16, 2003 7:19 am

It was "there", but upper-level haze prevented us from enjoying the "full Monty"...more like witnessing the event through three thicknesses of gauze.
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#78 Postby coriolis » Fri May 16, 2003 7:42 am

@$#%$#$% clouds and rain
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#79 Postby mf_dolphin » Fri May 16, 2003 7:54 am

We missed the first part of the eclipse due to cloud cover but luckily the clouds cleared enough for us to see the later stages. I had the 35mm out with a long lens so maybe just maybe I got some good shots. Only time and Walgreen's will tell this week-end :-)
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#80 Postby TexasStooge » Fri May 16, 2003 8:04 am

The sad thing is the clouds & HAZE blocked my view! :x :cry:
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