Yep, I was up with camera in hand for the partial lunar eclipse this morning.
(No big deal for me because I am up a couple of times in the wee hours every night and actually enjoy stretching out a bit and then returning to my cool sheets and back to sleep.)
I had read that the earth's shadow was going to start eclipsing the moon about 2:00 A.M. I woke up about 2:15 and went in the back yard and looked at the bright, nearly full moon, and could see no evidence of a even a minor shadow. I keep staring. Maybe I had mistaken the date and the eclipse was going to be early Saturday morning?
Next time I woke up it was about 4:30 A.M. I went out back and looked at the sky. I noted the sun was starting to hint at waking up to the West...but no moon was visible. Had it set already? Was it a full eclipse and the moon was hiding in the sky? I walked out the front door and down the driveway and voila! - there was the Lunar Goddess shining bright in the sky to the SW and ready to slide down behind Haystack (hill).
I am hoping a photo of me doesn't show up in my old lady baby dolls on a neighbor's Internet blog entitled "old bat out early ".
Hi, Janis,
ReplyDeleteI didn't look at your blog because I thought you hadn't gone public yet.
So now I have. Looks good. You'll be bookmarked on the Lovestead computer and linked up to Slight Detour.
I look forward to checking out your paws and tales on my daily cyber wanderings.
Let me know when you want me to give it a pitch on my blog.
Marianne