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Thread #134352   Message #3058444
Posted By: GUEST,Dani
21-Dec-10 - 07:50 AM
Thread Name: 1st solstice/lunar eclipse in 500 years
Subject: RE: 1st solstice/lunar eclipse in 500 years
Tromped around the frozen snowy ground and stared at the clouds for a while. Nothing! But it was cool to know it was happening. And, I love this quote from a NASA site:

"Imagine yourself standing on a dusty lunar plain looking up at the sky. Overhead hangs Earth, nightside down, completely hiding the sun behind it. The eclipse is underway. You might expect Earth seen in this way to be utterly dark, but it's not. The rim of the planet is on fire! As you scan your eye around Earth's circumference, you're seeing every sunrise and every sunset in the world, all of them, all at once. This incredible light beams into the heart of Earth's shadow, filling it with a coppery glow and transforming the Moon into a great red orb."

Dani