Don't forget...
...about the eclipse tonight! It's the last total lunar eclipse until December 2010 -- which will be almost two years into the Obama Administration! :)
Visibility map here. Totality goes from 10:01 PM to 10:51 PM EST, with mid-eclipse at 10:26. The partial portion begins at 8:43 PM and ends at 12:09 AM.
UPDATE, 8:44 PM: Here in Knoxville, it's completely overcast at the moment. Perhaps it'll clear, but I'm pessimistic about getting to see the last total lunar eclipse of the decade. :(
In a not-really-related story, Brian Williams stated on NBC Nightly News that the weather west of Hawaii has now improved to the point where the military thinks it probably will be able to go ahead with tonight's satellite shoot-down attempt, around 10:30 PM EST. More here. Apparently Defense Secretary Gates gets to give the final order.
UPDATE, 10:27 PM: Just stepped outside with Becky and Loyette (the latter wrapped up in a blanket, sound asleep) and caught a glimpse of the eclipsed Moon, in between clouds. Yay! Baby's first eclipse! (She'll be almost 3 years old when the next one rolls around...)
Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I eat ice cream with a spoon...
Nothing I can do, total eclipse of the moon...
Posted by: Casey | Feb 20, 2008 5:08:46 PM
LOL
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Feb 20, 2008 5:12:29 PM
No dice. Snow coming down and clouds still up there. Kind of a bummer.
Posted by: PenguinSix | Feb 20, 2008 7:53:24 PM
Snow and clouds here. I'm still going to take a look.
Posted by: Marty West | Feb 20, 2008 9:29:40 PM
The wife and I just went out side and say it. Pretty cools. Looks just like the pictures.
Posted by: Gardner | Feb 20, 2008 9:52:36 PM
For once, we didn't have to drive to the far corners of the earth in the dead of winter to see it. We can sit on our front porch in the dead of winter and seeing it. I'm sorry you're missing la lune rouge, Brendan. :(
Posted by: Leanna Loomer | Feb 20, 2008 10:14:55 PM
GOOD. GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAW IT.
Posted by: Leanna Loomer | Feb 20, 2008 10:53:44 PM