*photo above by Elaine A. Russell
Tonight is the Lunar Eclipse...
although I am not sure how visible it is going to be here in ABQ;
as there seems to be alot of cloud cover tonight... at least here at my house :(
According to the folks at NASA... "Such eclipses occur when Earth gets precisely between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow that covers every bit of the moon's disk. North Americans should have the best seats in the house for the event, which reaches its climax at 2:41 a.m. ET Tuesday when the total phase begins. For more than an hour, the moon should glow sunset-red, thanks to the light refracted by the edge of Earth's atmosphere. This eclipse is notable because it takes place just hours before the December solstice, which marks the beginning of northern winter and southern summer."
For some extra cool astrological info on the significance of a Lunar
Eclipse (combined with the first day of Winter Solstice)...
check here
