Bye bye moon

[dreamshark]

We are getting a moderately good view of the lunar eclipse, which is now at totality. The sky is hazy enough to obscure all but the brightest stars and the moon is a little fuzzy, but you could definitely see it gradually turning into a big pink grapefruit. 

Comments

[laramie]

I hope you got pictures! (I was asleep).

[dreamshark]

It's not worth trying to take astronomical pictures with an iPhone. The first part was pretty but not extremely dramatic - just the moon turning a dull orange. Richard stayed up until the "end of totality" and said that when the shadow moved off the edge of the moon there was a very dramatic contrast at the edge.