OK, check in here if you're watching the eclipse!

[LongTomH]

It's started! The Earth's shadow is taking a big bite out of the moon.

Totality is supposed to be at 9:11PM CDT / 10:11PM EDT

[WinkyDink]

1. &$#$%&^*&^#@!@ Total cloud cover here!

[SusanCalvin]

42. Same here.%¥*€™©.

[bvf]

94. Ditto.

$$&*@/!¤!

On edit: caught a short break in cloud cover, but only for s glimpse.

Oh well, caught a good Perseids show last August for the first time in years, so there's that...

[snappyturtle]

2. Too cloudy. :( nt

[darkangel218]

3. Nope, nothing here. Only clouds

[Kath1]

4. I'm on it! Thanks for reminding me!

I freaking LOVE watching amazing events like this!

[Siwsan]

5. We've got partially cloudy skies in mid-Michigan, but right now it's VERY visible

I can watch it through my den window, but that doesn't mean I'm not heading outside, about every 15 minutes, or so, to get a fresh air view. I might just park myself in the back yard, at about 10pm.

I LOVE this kind of event. Maybe it's my ancient, ancestral, atavistic DNA kicking into high gear but I remain in awe of lunar events.

[treestar]

6. just checked it out

about halfway

[tblue37]

7. Almost half gone now. Not red at all, though. I hope it gets "bloody" before it ends

(Ending about an hour from now).

I have perfectly clear skies, but I have to twist a bit to see around tall, leafy trees.

[trillion]

75. Where are you? In Seattle it's totally in progress - full eclipse.

[tblue37]

76. Lawrence, KS. By the time it was about 90% full, it was nice and red.

A sliver of white has returned now (10:24 CST), but the red is still pronounced.

[Bok_Tukalo]

8. Yes. From my front porch.

<OPE>

[SusanCalvin]

46. Remembering this.

http://m.

I love that song so much, even though the comet was a fizzle. We drove up Mt. Palomar trying to see it, in vain. Drove past a lot of other people trying. At least we all had a good time.

[tblue37]

9. Are any of you getting the redness? My view is just gray so far. nt

[tblue37]

21. Woo Hoo!! My eclipse is finally bloody! About 90% coverage and quite red! nt

[trillion]

78. Mine was brown with yellow glow around the left edge and bottom

[tblue37]

79. Did you get the red when full coverage approached? I did. Loved it! nt

[haikugal]

81. Ours is very red...

[tblue37]

82. Mine turned dark brick reddish finally. nt

[haikugal]

87. Beautiful...

I love that we're all sharing the experience....

[Nite Owl]

83. Yes it was amazing to watch

There were a lot of great pics on the news too.

[onenote]

10. watched the first 15-20 minutes, but then the clouds came

[LongTomH]

11. Need to head back out - with my 7X50 binoculars!

[LostOne4Ever]

12. Nice cloudless night

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Big beautiful moon with a nice dark shadow covering it![/font]

[FarPoint]

13. Perfect view from my living room window... I have high windows ..

Clear in Dayton Ohio.

[LuvNewcastle]

14. It's raining, of course.

I'm lighting candles and burning incense to mark the occasion.

[Texasgal]

15. Watching!

We have some cloud cover but still able to see.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. It's not showing here just yet--a bit early for us.

We have some clouds but hope to see something! I'm going to try to get some pictures.

[Person 2713]

17. Slight red tinge

Illinois

[bigwillq]

18. A bit cloudy and I am too tired to stay up.

Went to a wedding last night and just got home from work and I am exhausted. Take pics!

[d_r]

19. too cloudy

[ohnoyoudidnt]

20. There's too many clouds over central FL.

[beam me up scottie]

22. HERE!

It cleared up just in time!

[bklyncowgirl]

23. Pretty much total now.

[Cheese Sandwich]

24. All clouds and rain

[KittyWampus]

25. almost all gone. kind of reddish

[yeoman6987]

26. Rainy like heck here. I don't think I'll see it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Had to go stand in the street, which was a bit challenging,

but watched for a bit as it became total. Cool!

[Person 2713]

28. More orange than red. Kids want to know more about eclipses now

[global1]

29. Spooky - The Pope Leaves The U.S. And The Moon Goes Dark....nt

[annabanana]

61. hee hee. . . . . . n/t

[Zorra]

30. Beautiful! Clear desert sky tonight.

Totally awesome.

[johnnyrocket]

31. Yea, the clouds are actually getting worse around DC

[Siwsan]

32. And now our sky is perfectly clear!

Amazing difference over the past hour, or so. I was afraid we'd get clouded out, but Mother Nature had other ideas. Time to head back outside and put up with mosquito attacks. It's worth it, for the view.

[DinahMoeHum]

33. Clear skies here (suburb of NYC)

Funny how a phenomenon like this centuries ago would have most people scared shitless.

Now, it's a great excuse for a P-A-R-T-Y

[annabanana]

63. I think this kind occurs just often enough for

there to be some memory of it happening before (parents, maybe grand-parents). It would surely have spawned a number of "signs and portends" along the way

[tblue37]

110. The next will be 18 years from now; the last was 33 years ago. Often cloud cover has

prevented me from viewing an event that I have looked forward to waching. Thirty-three years ago I was not even aware of a blood moon coming up, but I have been disappointed over other skywatching events blocked by cloud cover.

In 18 years might not be around for the return engagement, since I am 65 now, so I am glad I had perfect viewing weather this time!

[dorkzilla]

34. Was visible until about 1/3 covered then the clouds came.

I just walked outside to have another look; all I saw were clouds and a raccoon.

[cui bono]

100. Super Raccoon?

[IMG][/IMG]

I'm not stalking you, I swear!!!

[dorkzilla]

111. I think he was wearing a Sanders shirt!

You can stalk me anytime

[Android3.14]

35. Taken pictures and sippin' vodka

[shadowmayor]

36. Stunning

Perfect on the border!

[cal04]

37. Amazing to watch

can't take great pics, but got some so so ones
Love watching the night sky

[MrMickeysMom]

38. Too much cloud coverage here to get more than a glimpse...

I'll have to depend on the internets to show me how good this was or wait till 2030 something…

[ZM90]

39. It was awesome! :) Too bad my phone camera was too crappy to take a picture of it :(

I'll probably be around to see the next one though...well hopefully I am only 25 lol.

[Still Sensible]

40. Norman OK, clear skies

Appears to be just about full at 9:44 pm CDT

[Recursion]

41. @$#&ing monsoon!!!

Total cloud cover over the Arabian Sea. It's a shame.

[ThoughtCriminal]

43. Perfect weather here

AZ - just hit maximum.

[corkhead]

44. in and out of clouds. I am trying to timelapse but kitty keeps headbutting the camera

[Gothmog]

45. It is too overcast in my part of Texas

I can not see the moon through the clouds

[sarge43]

47. Yup. For a change we have clear skies

The moon is completely covered right now and it's very dark outside.

I can understand why in ancient time people freaked. If you don't know what's going on, watching the moon turn red, then disappear, quite unsettling. Nowadays, calm down and read a science book.

[hlthe2b]

48. It is really cool looking in Colorado... though I can understand why the ancients would have been

frightened, not knowing what was going on. It does look very strange.

[MissDeeds]

49. Absolutely awesome

I started watching here in the Midwest about an hour and a half ago when it was a bright yellow. Now it's a true "blood moon". Amazing! So glad I was able to witness this. Nature at its magnificent best.

[catchnrelease]

50. It's a Miracle!!!!

No, not the eclipse, that there are no clouds! Every time that there is a celestial event--meteor shower, eclipse--anything interesting up there, we always have cloud cover. Bad enough the lights from suburbia that make it difficult to see, but always have clouds.

So this is great, clear sky and can see the eclipse perfectly.

[Renew Deal]

51. Saw it. Pretty awesome

[we can do it]

52. Got a couple quick glimpses between clouds.

[Doctor_J]

53. completely overcast in the greater AA area

[Purveyor]

54. Saw it. Awesome. eom

[karynnj]

55. It was incredible

In the past there have been many times when clouds got in the way. Tonight was a beautiful crisp cloudless night. We could see it from our home, but walked down to the Lake Champlain to see it with fewer lights. It looked just the same but the field of stars it was in was incredible there.

[1monster]

56. Rained all day. Heavy cloud cover tonight. No lunar watching for me.

[malaise]

57. Magnificent n/t

[zentrum]

58. Cloudy smaze.

Not red. But the neighborhood children running around with lanterns in the dark are having a great time!

[annabanana]

59. Too many damn fools inside on a night like this..

All of them missing the best show in town tonight . . .

[shenmue]

60. Not me, I skeerd

[AnAzulTexas]

62. unfortunately it was cloudy

here in south texas. the breaks in the clouds were a pretty blood red color at sunset though

[libodem]

64. I knew i was a moonbat

It's official!

[AuntPatsy]

65. Beautiful, wish I had a better camera though, son got some nice pictures

[cantbeserious]

66. Yes - As I Type

eom

[Thor_MN]

67. Had a jet fly right through it, I was watching through binoculars.

It continued almost directly overhead.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

68. Saw a bit before the clouds rolled in here in Vegas.

[MisterP]

69. first party I was kicked out of! TERFs sure are touchy

[dae]

70. Plenty of clouds but it broke thru right when

my son came outside. Great sight, dark red.

[Triana]

71. All clouds in the Redneck Riviera

Couldn't see a thing.

[scarletwoman]

72. I saw the exquisite moonrise, and I saw the first few degrees of the eclipse. Then the clouds

moved in and totally covered it up, dammit.

The next supermoon eclipse is supposed to be in 2033 - I'd be 84 by then. I hadn't actually planned on living that long, but obviously if I want another chance to see one one of these things, I'll have to start exercising and eating right and all that crap. Damn.

[catbyte]

73. I'm in Lansing, MI. I saw the total eclipse, moon was rusty red. Went

back out 20 minutes ago & total cloud cover, boo. At least I saw some of it...

[trillion]

74. Definitely watching, it is AWESOME!!!

[snort]

77. Look at it over your shoulder with a mirror

and you'll see the face of the devil. Flip it over to the magnifying side and it looks like Ted Cruz.

[classof56]

80. Checking in. Watching in awe.

I'm reminded of Beethoven's "The Glory of God in Nature", one of my long-ago favorites. What an awesome sight, this blood moon in eclipse. If the world ends now, couldn't ask for a more spectacular way to go out.

Blessings!

[trillion]

84. The next super blood moon is in 2033, the last was 1982. Tonites is a Super Blood Moon beacuse of it

Size.

"Most people are unlikely to detect the larger size of the supermoon. It may appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter, but the difference is subtle to the plain eye. But the reddish tint from the lunar eclipse is likely to be visible throughout much of North America, especially on the East Coast.

“You’re basically seeing all of the sunrises and sunsets across the world, all at once, being reflected off the surface of the moon,” said Dr. Sarah Noble, a program scientist at NASA.
Continue reading the main story
"

From the NY times

[mulsh]

85. The clouds cleared this evening. In Oakland, CA watching it from our living room couch through our

8x6' arched window. we're getting a full view if it.

[HeiressofBickworth]

86. 8:30 Pacific and for once, no clouds!!

We had to walk to the end of the block, away from porch and street lights in order to be able to see it. It was a glowing red and as we watched for a while, the lower edge started to turn a little brighter than the rest of it. The dog thought it was a good time to take a dump on the neighbor's lawn so one of us (not me!!) had to get a bag and a light in order to find it and clean it up.

We usually miss all the good sky stuff because of too many clouds too often. But it was special tonight.

[Jackilope]

88. Cloudy here. Watched NASA live stream and caught glimpses between clouds.

[Enthusiast]

89. Too much cloud cover here. I'm sorry to say.

[Gloria]

90. Got some great pics!!!

The New Mexico skies tonight are clear as a bell here in Las Cruces....spectacular.
It's just passed the full stage and is now moving off.....

[DiehardLiberal]

91. Clear skies here in Portland - for a change! Saw it almost all blocked out and then orange light

creeping back underneath. Lots of people out watching it - Nice experience!!

[DesertRat]

92. very cool looking here in AZ

[HubertHeaver]

93. Austin, Tx.

Clouds thinned enough to get a few photos.

[colorado_ufo]

95. Stunning here!

Perfect skies! Perfect temperature! Perfect time! Perfect "supermoon!"

Just a fantastic evening, greatest show around. AND, it's Color Sunday here in Colorado; spent the day up on Grand Mesa among the golden coins of falling aspen leaves, sipping a wonderful Merlot from a Palisade, Colorado winery - at 10,000 feet!

There was more fun, but I don't want to make you all TOOOO jealous!



Thought I would add, it got beautifully red then faded to almost black (we are in far west Colorado). I have never seen an eclipse this dark. Some of the neighbors celebrated by shooting off skyrockets. I told Hubby, "The only thing we really need now is a meteor shower!" He replied, "Don't push it." So we just toasted the moon with some great bourbon!

[LongTomH]

112. I'm envious!

[ChazII]

96. Finally no clouds

so this eclipse is a beautiful thing to see.

[mountain grammy]

97. It's a beautiful night, warm for September, here at 8500 ft.

Spectacular eclipse. Have most of our full moon back now.

[Populist_Prole]

98. Alas, we've not seen the sun, much less the moon since wednesday here in the piedmont of NC

Hell of a way to end a long dry spell, cold turkey, like this.

[brett_jv]

99. Just ended here in Mesa, AZ caught the last 5 mins or so ...

Stuff like this happens I always ponder what ancient man used to think when they'd witness stuff of this nature ... must've seemed really portentous ...

[stopwastingmymoney]

101. In full eclipse as it rose here on the west coast

Very cool, and fun to stand out in the driveway with many of our neighbors. Kids and dogs included!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

102. Cloud cover in L.A.

at first, but then saw the red and toward the end, beautifully bright. Brought a lot of neighbors out which was nice. Now we have to wait 18 years for the next one.

[SheilaT]

103. Watching it from New Mexico.

I must say, I'm really annoyed at this "blood moon" nonsense. I don't think I'd ever heard that term to describe an eclipse until a couple of years ago. It feeds into superstitious crap. Plus, here in NM it wasn't really that red, just very dark.

Several years ago during an eclipse, the moon got so very dark, that had I not known where to look, I'd have thought the moon wasn't up at all.

[3catwoman3]

104. We had a perfect view of it while watching a men's league outdoor soccer game.

Our son's team was 2 men short and managed to come back from a 3:0 deficit to a 3:3 tie, so it was a good night all around.

[Starry Messenger]

105. My amateur astronomical photo.

It didn't get too close to us here in CA, but the eclipse was beautiful.

[Matariki]

106. Great view here in the PNW

[Surya Gayatri]

107. Sparkling stars and a RED moon in northern Europe, even through ambiant city light.

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The cosmos was with us here in Paris, France this night. Absolutely cloudless skies and pollutionless air.

Had to wake up at 3h45 a.m., but was witness to an unequalled two hour+ spectacle from my fourth-floor living room window.

MAGNIFICENT! I was shouting to the empty street below: "Elle est ROUGE, elle est vraiment ROUGE !" It's RED, it's really RED!"

To nature for a once-in-twenty-year show!


View from Paris.


View from the southwest Aquitaine region of France.

[valerief]

108. I saw it tonight. It was beautiful. The moon looked like Mars. nt

[Sherman A1]

109. It was too cloudy here, however

I just got up and got a few good shots of the full moon with the long lens as the clouds had cleared post-eclipse.

[raven mad]

113. We missed it in Interior Alaska - total cloud cover.

Sleet, snow and rain.