For the first, time I got to see the lunar eclipse. Yes, there have been many partials and and totals in my lifetime, but for the life of me I don't ever recall seeing one before.
Apparently last night was a once in a life time event for us, unless we figure out how to live hundreds of years. The last total eclipse to happen on the day of Winter Solstice (first day of winter) was 372 years ago.
Hubby and I knew it was coming and were watching the clock. Hubby crashed out on me at 9pm (way past his bedtime). I stayed vigil in my quest.
12:30am come and I was outside looking up at the sky. Slowly, there was just a smidgen of a shadow in the southwest edge. I guess I thought it was going to go by fast (silly, now that I think about it) cause I went and woke the hubby.
We were standing on the porch with heads held back, eyes to the sky. Waiting...Watching...
Hubby's head started hurting and my eyes were losing focus. Lets go in and wait a few minutes. But before we could get to the door, suddenly we was surrounded with the howls of what seemed like every dog or coyote in the area. It was very strange and eerie. Chaquita, who went out with us, got really scared. (so did I)
That is it, folks. That is all we were able to see. By the time that we should have been able to see the reverse side the fog was so thick we couldn't even see the trucks in the driveway.
Hubby said...That was cool and thanks for waking me.
Pretty neat.
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i watched part of the eclipse and it was pretty cool! I even saw the "blood" on the moon. It was so awesome!
Tom woke me up to watch and we had a cloudless star FILLED sky! It was about 1:48, and like you say, every dog in the neighborhood and all of the coyotes began howling!! Not barking, but howling!!
We went back out about 20 minutes later and there was total silence. It was awesome!
Dee
We forgot about it, but would never have made it long enough to see it, especially after two nights in a row of not getting to bed until 2:30 in the wee hours (airplanes late for both kids). It's nice to be able to enjoy it through your photos; thank you.
That stinks that the fog rolled in and spoiled the show!
We fell asleep long before it was supposed to happen. The dogs didn't wake up for it though. :-)
Fantastic shots.
Pretty impressive, here in Ca we had a steady downpoar so needless to say we missed it, Thanks for sharing :)
I missed the eclipse and I was awake through it all. darn.
Great shots!
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