lunar eclipse coming up

[julesjones]

From my email:

NASA Science News for June 24, 2010

This Saturday morning, June 26th, there's going to be a lunar eclipse—and for many residents of
the USA, it's going to be a big one. The eclipse will occur as the Moon is setting, prompting the
"Moon Illusion" to magnify the event to truly beautiful proportions.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/24jun_lunareclipse/

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Not visible in Europe, alas. However, I have seen a moonrise eclipse, and the Moon Illusion made it spectacular. Particularly as I watched the Moon rise out of the ocean, for maximum illusion effect.

Comments

[vaughan-steph.livejournal.com]

Dragged my butt outta bed at 4:30 am, all for nothing. Everything was obscured by cloud cover. Dang, skippy.

[julesjones]

It's annoying when that happens. :-( I've resigned myself to not seeing anything much where I'm living now, because cloud cover is pretty much guaranteed.