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QuikSand
11-09-2003, 07:55 AM
Did anyone catch the eclipse last night? I think it was the clearest I have ever seen, it was very clear even from our fairly well-lit neighborhood. From our location, it looked a little bit brown, but I understand that can vary place to place.

Here's a link (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/11/08/lunar.eclipse.ap/index.html) for more info. Good look!
ice4277
11-09-2003, 08:20 AM
Yeah, I checked it out as well, very cool, I don't think I had ever actually seen one personally, so it made for some good viewing.
maximus
11-09-2003, 08:53 AM
I saw it. Since I live in Wisconsin. :)
Alan T
11-09-2003, 09:06 AM
Yep, One of the nice things about living in the middle of no where.. no street lights, house lights, etc.. so star gazing, or events like this are great fun at my house..

Such ashame it was around 20 degrees though.
Craptacular
11-09-2003, 09:19 AM
Saw the one earlier this year, but was in a casino the entire time last night.
wbonnell
11-09-2003, 09:20 AM
unfortunately it was too cloudy in central tejas
Ksyrup
11-09-2003, 09:30 AM
We had bad weather in Jacksonville (where I am this weekend). Didn't see anything until after 10pm, and that point, it just looked like a regular quarter moon. Nothing spectacular at all.
PilotMan
11-09-2003, 09:41 AM
Saw it well last night. In fact, we had the whole family in the living room with the lights out for a little Astronomy lesson. The best that I have seen.
JAG
11-09-2003, 10:34 AM
It was the second lunar eclipse I've seen. It was a great view of it...looked like a lifeless rock sitting in the sky...which I guess it is anyway.
sterlingice
11-09-2003, 11:00 AM
I wanted to check it out, but it was cloudy.

SI
JeeberD
11-09-2003, 12:02 PM
Originally posted by wbonnell
unfortunately it was too cloudy in central tejas

Same in north Texas. Been cloudy and rainy most of the week...
sabotai
11-09-2003, 12:07 PM
It was cloudy where I live...AGAIN! (Was cloudy the last lunar eclipse too)
Abe Sargent
11-09-2003, 04:48 PM
Pretty.

-Anxiety
Chief Rum
11-09-2003, 04:50 PM
Originally posted by Craptacular
Saw the one earlier this year, but was in a casino the entire time last night.

There's probably a moral parable in there somewhere, but I like to gamble, too, so I ain't gonna say it. ;)

CR
wheels
11-09-2003, 05:04 PM
took my son out to see it while we were at dinner. after we came back in, he promptly told our waitress we just saw paper clips of the moon.
Nyarlahotep
11-09-2003, 05:38 PM
Was cloudy here, but luckily not the part of the sky where the moon was.
sterlingice
11-09-2003, 07:38 PM
Originally posted by Chief Rum
There's probably a moral parable in there somewhere, but I like to gamble, too, so I ain't gonna say it. ;)

CR

Was it that I should be working on a Weather Dominator(TM) so that I never have clouds again during an eclipse? If that wasn't it, then perhaps I've taken the wrong motivation to start my career of cartoonish supervillainy.

SI
Chief Rum
11-09-2003, 07:52 PM
You're on the right track, SI. If I were you, I would have started work on a big sun shield to blot out the sun, so that the whole town would be forced to use power from my nuclear plant.

That, or you could hook up with Scorpio. He runs the eastern seaboard.

CR
Ben E Lou
11-09-2003, 07:53 PM
It was a clear night where I was in Central Florida. Plus, I was at a camp in a remote part, so very little light pollution to deal with. It had a definite reddish tint. Pretty cool!
Godzilla Blitz
11-09-2003, 08:27 PM
Cool stuff. I was playing outside with my son in front of our house. Crystal clear night here. Watched it for about an hour. Son kept saying, "Moon gone!"
sterlingice
11-09-2003, 09:12 PM
Originally posted by Chief Rum
That, or you could hook up with Scorpio. He runs the eastern seaboard.

CR

He stiffed me with the Denver Broncos. Screw him. ;)

SI
tucker342
11-09-2003, 11:00 PM
I saw it, very cool
Suicane75
11-10-2003, 02:43 AM
Jamie Luner is hot.
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