Well, the eclipse starts in 15 minutes

[Wednesdays]

As for me, time for a cold one while I watch. :beer:

[Motown_Johnny]

1. if I go outside to watch both of mine would be cold

might even freeze them off



cloudy here, gonna miss out

[Wednesdays]

3. Fortunate here in Oklahoma with relatively mild weather

It'll be sort of "hazy," but the moon will still be viewable. Temps in the upper 40's.

[LAGC]

2. Looking forward to it.

This should be fun.

[frazzled]

4. Way too much snow and too many clouds here to see it

I'll have to cry in my beer. Better yet, I'll pour myself a little cognac or something and just go to bed.

[Archae]

6. Snowing here in Sheboygan too.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

5. Can someone lend me their cloud dissipater?

It's been raining buckets all day in CA.

[Alameda]

29. Look for the moon peeking through the clouds...........

[struggle4progress]

35. That's what I'm havin t'do here in the Carolina Piedmont. There's a small break in the cover now and

then

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Canuckistanian]

7. Just another totally overcast night here

I haven't seen a star (or the moon) since November.

[tularetom]

8. Describe it for me, willya?

It's been raining here so long I'm not sure I'd remember what the moon looked like if it actually appeared.

[notesdev]

9. Beautiful clear sky here

thanks for the reminder!

[1955doubledie]

55. Cloud Cover

[Gregorian]

10. I just went outside and thought I saw it starting. Thanks for the post.

Fog is racing across the moon. But it's visible even on the coast here in Mendocino.

I remember being in college in Santa Cruz in 1974 when there was a lunar ecclipse. We were all up on the roof, and someone was playing Strauss's Blue Danube. What a great time. Then we all got crazy and went into the showers and turned on all of the hot water and had steam baths. Unisex bathrooms back then. We're too PC for that stuff nowadays.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

12. Another Sanity Cruzan denizen at various points in my life...

still can't seem to conform. :hi:

[1955doubledie]

11. The moon is still bright as ever

Did they cancel it?

[Wednesdays]

14. The "light shadow" is starting now

The "dark shadow" is when it gets spectacular, and that'll begin about half past the next hour. (That's penumbral and umbral for astronomer folk out there.) ;)

Total eclipse 2:40 - 3:53 a.m. Eastern Time.

[kentuck]

13. kick and rec

This is historic in a way none of us understand, I think?

[AnnetteJacobs]

44. +1

nt

[Warpy]

15. I went out a while ago. We can see the moon, but it's through clouds

We'll be able to see the color change, maybe, if those clouds stay thin enough.

[uppityperson]

16. Holy Mooning Batman! the clouds have cleared here in the great pacific northwet!

[kentuck]

17. It's almost directly overhead here in Colorado....

and very clear. It looks like the shadow may be forming from the bottom of the moon?

[Wednesdays]

18. Anyone have a link to a live webcam?

The one that NASA links to is nothing but clouds.
:shrug:

[Lucinda]

19. Yawp...just posted a thread with a link

http://www.nasa.gov/connect/chat/lunar_eclipse.html

[Wednesdays]

21. And, as I posted immediately above...

NASA's webcam is nothing but clouds.

[Lucinda]

23. They link to a few alt sources in case weather is bad

I haven't followed up with those yet

[Blue_In_AK]

20. It's crystal clear here tonight,

and I have a great view of the moon from my driveway. Also, it's only 9:00 p.m. here, so the timing is perfect. My plan is to take a few shots every 15 minutes or so, so back inside and warm up, and then back out for some more. It's only 9 degrees outside, so I'm glad I don't have to go stand outside somewhere for three hours. :)

I'll post pictures if any of them turn out okay.

[kentuck]

22. Cool.

Very.

[Blue_In_AK]

28. Indeed.

Downright cold even. :scared:

[sakabatou]

24. I must've missed it

:P

[Withywindle]

25. It's overcast and dropping snow in Chicago.

For those who actually have a clear sky, please tell us about it.

[ohheckyeah]

27. Of course the clouds just rolled in.

When I had a break in the clouds I could see one edge of the moon was really bright. Trying to look straight up is killing my neck....all the lounge chairs are put away for the winter.

[whathehell]

26. Maybe where you live.

[Wednesdays]

30. The Man in the Moon needs a shave

But just on the left side.

[daleo]

31. Big halo around the moon here from ice crystals in the atmosphere

In western Canada. The left side of the moon is now noticeably darker.

[BarryMeNot]

33. Same here.

n/t

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

32. It's raining here in my Pacific North West zone, but y'all have fun.

[DeschutesRiver]

39. My mountain top in Central Oregon has a clear view of the moon - so awesome

Cloudy sky, but the moon and a few stars/planets clearly visible - so lucky on this.

Saw it from the start - just a faint darkness on the left, and now over halfway in darkness. Have warmed up a bit now and am going back out.

[KT2000]

34. Moon is clear with halo

but clouds everywhere else! It is darkening here in the NW corner of WA state.

[kentuck]

38. The moonlight is much less bright than just 30 minutes ago.

Total darkness with a full moon. Things of which Shakespeare might write?

[BarryMeNot]

36. live cam.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/coasterstorm%27s-weather-center
this is really awesome.

[kentuck]

37. It's awesome!

It's about a quarter covered from Colorado and you can clearly see the boundary of the earth in shade.

[PhillySane]

40. Clear and cold

on the east coast. I can only watch half way through. F-F-Freeezin! But pretty cool. Best view is supposed to be around 3:30 AM EST.

[Peace Patriot]

41. 11:00 pm PST, my northern California sky cleared up revealing half moon moving to

quarter moon (I think). Awesome sight! Beautiful sky with wispy tails of clouds and some stars twinkling. Bit cold, though. (We had hail today.) Worshiped Mother Moon in her parturition and came back inside to be warm and cozy. Total eclipse, Solstice, everything's going to get better from this point on. That's my feeling.

[struggle4progress]

53. My sky luckily cleared about halfway to totality, too

[struggle4progress]

54. Shoulda kept my fat yap shut: another heavy bank of clouds has blown in, and

as far as the eye can see in any direction I'm getting only backscatter from city lights

[AnnetteJacobs]

42. Just got in

It looks almost like a cresent (sp?) moon now.

[uppityperson]

43. and it is gone!

[kentuck]

45. About an eighth (a crescent) is still visible in Colorado....

and there is a brown-reddish tint to the shadow...

[uppityperson]

46. I'll send some of our clouds your way. Envy of clear skies here.

[struggle4progress]

47. Beautiful crescent with only part of the darkened orb reddish

[Omar4Dems]

56. What time does it end?

[notesdev]

48. gorgeous

really something special to see... I am glad I saw it at least once in this lifetime

[Jeanette in FL]

49. Awesome here in North Florida

Clear as a bell here. Awesome sight.

[kentuck]

50. The time is evenly distributed between day and night...

..and tomorrow the days begin to get longer again. Spring is around the corner for the optimists.

The first day of Winter.

[deminks]

51. We had a ring around the moon leading up to totality.

That was more than I hoped for. I'm in NE Kansas. Viewing it through high thin clouds.

[struggle4progress]

52. This is really cool. I wonder if it's too late to hint that I'd like an eclipse for Christmas

[kimi]

57. Just looked outside again.

Moon is not so red, and is being covered up.

Still gorgeous, though. My gosh, what history. Glad I woke the kids up and made them go out there with me.

[Jeanette in FL]

58. Cool you woke the kids

What was their reaction to it?

[kimi]

59. One was so amped!!

he tried to get his girlfriend (staying with us for the holidays, she's from Ukraine) to wake up, but she declined.

The other was very impressed, and took pics for me. He's a good kid, appreciates the historic aspect of it, since he's going to grad school soon to study paleontology.

And a friend of the boys' came by, at 3 AM, just to check out what we were doing.

Yes indeed, a momentous occasion. So glad I was able to witness it.

Cats wouldn't wake up for this event. What's with that? :shrug:

[Wednesdays]

60. Same here

The kid was totally hyped, and I'm amazed anyone was able to sleep at all. Dogs were wide awake, but probably more because of our commotion than what was happening to the moon.

Turned out to be great viewing for us...a big motley red-orange ball, straight overhead. It looked more like Mars than the moon.